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Manure demand rises as farmers stay away from costly fertiliser

Maize farmer Atnas Kiprotich spreading farmyard manure in his farm ready for maize planting at Kiplombe, Soy Constituency, Uasin Gishu County on Wednesday 9,2022. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

With the high prices of fertiliser and no hope for subsidies from the government ahead of the planting season, some farmers in the North Rift have opted to use farmyard manure.

Fertiliser prices skyrocketed last year, a situation that has been worsened by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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