The NCPB is targeting to buy a minimum of a million bags for commercial purposes unlike previously when it would purchase on behalf of government for the Strategic Food Reserve. "We have started buying commercial maize from farmers this season and we are already receiving the grain," said Gilb...
“We are therefore encouraging farmers to bring in their maize to NCPB and get value for their crop,” said the MD. The board is buying maize under its commercial wing for trading alongside other grains such as rice and beans. Previously the State had been buying maize through NCPB for t...
starting from the farming system, harvesting conditions and sorting the grains. More importantly the criteria of buying should be based on both physical and chemical integrity of the grains,” he said.
State agencies will sell planting fertiliser to farmers at Sh3,100 for a 50 kilogramme bag coming as a relief to growers who have been paying Sh3,500 for the same quantity in agrovets. The Ministry of Agriculture said it has negotiated with National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and ...