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Ministry warns of lower maize production as rains disrupt harvesting
Workers spread dry maize to dry by the roadside in Elburgon town, Nakuru County in this photo taken on October 18, 2021. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION.
The ongoing rains in the country’s breadbasket counties of Trans-Nzoia and Uasin Gishu have hampered harvesting of mature maize and will have a negative impact on this year’s production target, the Ministry of Agriculture has warned.
The October rains have coincided with harvesting in the two counties, with farmers now fearing that their produce will rot in farms.
