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Kenya lowers maize flour price by 60 percent to cushion citizens [1]

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government has moved to cushion citizens from high maize prices by introducing subsidized flour that will retail at 60 percent less than the current market price.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2017
Coast Week (Kenya) [2]
Tags:
Food Security [3], Kenya [4], Maize [5], Food Policy [6], Food Prices [7], Subsidies [8], Africa [9]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa