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Why Agriculture Needs More than Just Fertilizer Subsidies
Subsidies are often misconstrued to mean reduced costs. But the truth is that subsidies increase the cost of items in...
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Fertilizer Subsidy Is Painkiller For A Cracked, Bleeding Head
Subsidies do not lower the cost of items. Definitely, the reduced price of a commodity’s market price is paid from...
Read MoreResolve Unga Price Puzzle Once and For All
The cyclical and fluctuating prices of unga in the country have always pointed to a serious problem in the maize...
Read MoreOf Unga Politics and the Perennial Food Insecurity
The ever-fluctuating prices of maize flour have always pointed to a serious problem in the maize value chain. For instance,...
Read MoreFix the ‘Unga’ Puzzle Once and For All
What you need to know: Then, farmers had to sell their maize at a throwaway price of Sh800 per 90kg...
Read MorePesticides Used in Kenya Do More Harm than Good
There are two routes for Kenya’s food and farming system. One, the industrial model of farming which commodifies food systems...
Read MoreFarmers Don’t Need BT Cotton
In Summary • We cannot talk about sustainable livelihoods and at the same time undermine the ability of farmers to...
Read MoreWhy Textile Firms Should Shun GM Cotton
What you need to know: Many companies already in the apparel industry could supply high quality, locally produced fabric. GMO...
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