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How collaboration should help combat counterfeit fertiliser

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi displays fertiliser sampled from KEL Chemicals. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

If the National Fertiliser Subsidy Programme achieves its full promise to get rid of counterfeit and substandard fertilisers, the recent fake fertiliser should have been nipped in the bud.

As the government imports and supplies 12.5 million bags of subsidised fertilisers for the ongoing planting season, a clear inspection and surveillance mechanism should have been initiated to ensure compliance.

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