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Food security remains one of the key challenges that Kenya faces despite the country having huge chunks of arable land. While it may be appreciated that water scarcity has been the key driver of food shortage in some parts of Eastern and North Eastern Kenya, there should be little or no excuses for perennial food shortage in Western, the country's grain basket where rainfall is usually ample.
Perhaps the recent hiccup that has stained food production in the region is the erratic and expensive farm inputs, particularly seeds and fertilisers.
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