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Inside government plan to revive nuts, oil crops

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Bernard Nzaro tends to his cashew nut crops at his farm in Tezo, Kilifi County. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

The government has announced a five-year plan to revive the coconut and edible nut sector at the Coast in a bid to reduce the importation of edible oil currently costing the country an estimated Sh120 billion annually.

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