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A collapsed farmer extension service system, corruption and in some instances downright greed of those entrusted with this key docket remain the biggest threats to agriculture.
The sugar sub-sector, once a thriving source of income in Western, Nyanza and parts of Coast, has been on a downhill trend since the turn of the century. From employing close to 80,000 people, according to data from the Kenya Sugar Board, the industry now employs less than 8,000 people.
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