A tractor harvests sugar at a sugarcane plantation.

Farmers urged to adopt fast-maturing sugarcane varieties

The outgoing Director General for the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Willis Audi urged farmers to transit from old sugarcane varieties to fast-maturing ones to enhance self-sufficiency in sugar production. Speaking in Kisumu during the last day of a sugar symposium, Audi noted that the government is currently importing sugar to bridge the deficit, hence…

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