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State props up millet to beat Kenyan obsession with maize ugali

Kenyans only produce a third of millet they need; it's the crop government hopes can beat maize

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by JOHN MUCHANGI

News06 July 2023 - 14:01
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ICRISAT Director General Jacqueline Hughes, Crop Development PS Kello Harsama with Namgya Khampa, High Commissioner of India and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare, government of India Shubha Thakur during a press conference in Nairobi on July 6,2023.

Kenya’s plans to reduce reliance on maize are being hampered by poor production of alternative crops, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

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