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Farmers washing carrots before packaging at Mau Narok in Nakuru County. They decry to exploitation by middle men who export the produce to Uganda. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
The county government has encouraged carrot farmers to join co-operative societies to get better prices for their produce.
This after farmers in Mau Narok complained that traders were buying carrots at low prices despite the high cost of production.
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