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    "content": "I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ministry for the good job that they have done, particularly in the sugar industry. The Ministry is reviving the sugar industry which has had a lot of problems. Also, regarding the cotton industry which had collapsed in this country, the Minister has taken a very good strategy on how to revive it. I want to thank the Ministry for actually reviving agriculture. Agriculture in this country had gone into “Intensive Care Unit (ICU)”. But with the new team, I can tell you that we are on the right track and we will be moving ahead. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to encourage the Ministry to focus on modern agriculture. Land is very scarce in this country. Therefore, we must use our land very optimally to ensure that we attain or get maximum production out of our land. In that regard, I would like us to adopt the latest technologies in agricultural production. Given the cost of inorganic fertilizer considering our soil conditions, I would like to encourage organic farming. Organic farming should be promoted given that the cost of inorganic fertilizers is very high and most of our people cannot afford it. So, we need to encourage organic farming as one of the best ways to increase food production. Also, given the fact that our land parcels particularly in Western Kenya and many other areas are very small, we need to go into horticultural crops. We should produce high value horticultural crops. We should do that using the greenhouse technology. This will ensure that we use very little area and very little water."
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