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New push for households to have own grain reserves

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Farmers sorting maize before shelling at Wei Wei irrigation scheme in Sigor ,West Pokot County. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Households should have their own grain reserves as one of the solutions to food insecurity, a regional private sector body has suggested.

This would be in addition to the national strategic food reserve, where millers would buy grains when there is a shortage at subsidised prices.

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