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Ahero farmers stuck with more than 10,000 bags of rice

A woman ploughs a farm to prepare it for planting rice seedlings at Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Kisumu in July 2020.

A woman ploughs a farm to prepare it for planting rice seedlings at Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Kisumu in July 2020.

Photo credit: Tonny Omondi | Nation Media Group

By  Elizabeth Ojina

Reporter

Nation Media Group

Farmers in Ahero could run into massive post-harvest losses estimated at Sh20million due to lack of a ready market.

More than 10,000 bags of milled rice lying in stores risk getting destroyed by rodents and pests if not quickly sold.

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