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Why new farm regulations are recipe for disaster

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The Ngilai community in Samburu county that has embarked in vegetable farming to address malnutrition. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

The government's planned "food safety" regulations that target vegetable farmers will be a disaster for more than three million farmers.

Each farmer will be required to obtain a licence for Sh10,000, in addition to the costs of complying with the new safety standards.

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