adminEditorial Comment: Food deficit: Get farmers to grow crops suitable for their areas
It is encouraging to note that Government has extended the grain loan scheme to March next year to avert hunger among people facing a food deficit. While this is a noble intervention, we believe a sustainable solution must be found to deal with the problem of perennial food deficits. We have said it several times that there is need to consider the natural farmingLet’s turn policies into results
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