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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">The digitization of agricultural value chain in Kenya will give farmers easier access to markets, accurately predict weather and let them enjoy quality seeds, said Cabinet Secretary
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">"We are digitizing our agriculture to help ease agricultural processes, boost electronic commerce and provide open data for future use," Kiunjuri said during the opening of the
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