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Apollo is proud of how the demonstration gardens have increased demand for his agro-inputs and made him get feedback from his farmers.

(pineapples and watermelons) to Kenya and used them of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has
to deliver fertilizers on their return trips. This system was always been sour, especially with regard to the agriculture
very risky and inconvenient and dependent on where inspectors who are responsible for implementing policy.
the truck was booked from. Booking from Uganda meant The Agrodealers generally regarded the inspectors
one had to wait for the goods to be delivered and hope as being corrupt and inhumane in some of their
that the truck was still in good condition. However if one operations while the agriculture inspectors thought of
booked from Nairobi, there was the chance of limited the Agrodealers as people engaged in counterfeits who
availability of trucks and high costs as well. didn’t want to comply with the Government policies and
regulations.
The relationship between Agrodealers and the Ministry

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