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Farmers offload fertiliser from a truck. Farmers in North Rift counties are lamenting over the shortage of topdressing fertiliser. [File, Standard]
Shortage of topdressing fertiliser across maize-producing counties in North Rift has forced farmers to camp at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in Eldoret.
On Tuesday, the shortage sparked outrage with farmers expressing displeasure over what they termed as the government's failure to address a supply hitch.
Hundreds of agitated farmers who have been waiting for topdressing fertiliser, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) at the Eldoret depot for the last two weeks, hit out at the Ministry of Agriculture for failure to supply the critical input to stores on time.
