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Farmers desperate as NCPB runs out of topdressing fertiliser

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Maize planting on a farm in Njoro, Nakuru County, April 17, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Maize farmers in Trans Nzoia county are frustrated following a shortage of top-dressing fertiliser.

Long queues have been witnessed outside the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots in Kitale town as desperate farmers jostle for available stocks.

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