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Title: PRA REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND POST-HARVEST ACTIVITIES IN KENYA

Date Published: December 1992
Author/s: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING, REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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Affiliation: National Agricultural Research Laboratories - NARL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING
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Abstract:

It is the policy of the Government of Kenya to ensure that food is available in sufficient quantity and variety at afforadable prices. Accordingly essential inputs namely: seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and farm equipment must be procured and distributed to ensure adequate agricultural production. In addition appropriate mechanization and Post-harvest technologies, among others must be introduced an] promoted to boost production and ensure that what is produced is handled and stor2d optimally with minimal losses..