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Barnabas Bii<\/p>\n

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Nairobi \u2014 Poor prices have forced farmers in the North Rift to hoard millions of bags of maize.<\/p>\n

The National Cereals and Produce Board has bought only three million bags of the crop for the Strategic Grain Reserve against national demand of more than six million.<\/p>\n

Though maize prices have gone up to between Sh2,200 and Sh2,500 for a 90-kilogramme bag, farmers are still holding on to their crop.<\/p>\n

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“I prefer to hold on to my stock as there is a likelihood of a poor harvest this season due to sporadic rainfall,” said Ms Lucy Kong’ato who has 100 bags of maize.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the cereals board has stepped up the supply of fertiliser in the North Rift.<\/p>\n

Up to 12,250 bags of 50kg Di-Ammonium Phosphate have been delivered to Kitale and 7,800 to Moi’s Bridge.<\/p>\n

But farmers said unscrupulous traders are selling fake fertiliser and seed.<\/p>\n

“The Government should seal these loopholes in agriculture or we will switch to more lucrative ventures,” said Mr Mathew Kiprotich, a farmer in Trans Nzoia District.<\/p>\n

Farmers said they wanted low interest loans and a revival of the Kenya Farmers Association, which would be the sole importer and distributor of inputs.<\/p>\n

“This will cut out middlemen,” said Uasin Gishu farmer James Barno.<\/p>\n

Though the Meteorological Department had predicted adequate rains in the country, most parts of the North Rift have not had any.<\/p>\n

Last year, the North Rift produced 12 million bags of maize against the country’s Strategic Grain Reserve of four million bags.<\/p>\n

The region also produced 3.7 million bags of wheat worth Sh6.3 billion against national demand of eight million bags.<\/p>\n

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