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Step up farm machinery to earn more money, farmers told

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Farmer tilling land in preparation for rice production in Ahero, West Kano. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Farmers and investors have been urged to step up mechanisation to make farming efficient, easier and profitable.

Amid the never-ending man versus machine debate brought back last week by influential tea pickers' unions in Rift Valley protesting against handpicking machines, farmers have been advised that quality mechanisation and modern technology present the future.

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