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    "content": "everybody. We have extension services where we have officers who can teach the farmers to use water more effectively and efficiently. So, this is something that is being promoted through what we call smart agriculture. We are now promoting the use of greenhouses for farming purposes for food production. If you go to a country like Israel which is a desert, you find that Israel is actually self-sufficient in food production. They desalinate sea water and use it for production of things like vegetables, potatoes and fruits through irrigation. Hon. Munyaka was concerned about the wrong seeds that were supplied. That is news to me. I am not aware. He has said that he was informed by the Agricultural Officers. That information should be directed to the relevant Ministry. If that did happen, then I would support an effort to try to compensate the farmers who lost. I would encourage the Member to bring that matter to the attention of the relevant Ministry. Hon. Kombo talked about a friend of the farmer in the Government. I want to tell him that there is one here. He was also once upon a time in the Government and I do not know whether he was then a friend of the farmers. We are friends of the farmer and that is why we have said that the farmers should be provided with quality seeds and also fertilizers at subsidized prices. We must now move away from being a fertilizer importing country because agriculture is the mainstay of this economy. Therefore, we want to move towards manufacturing fertilizers."
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