This forced the government to intervene by cushioning importers to bring in the grain and retail the flour at heavily discounted prices. However, the grace period for the unga subsidy has ended and millers now have to pay market prices for the commodity. Second, the perennial shortage of maize flour is a serious indictment on our agricultural policies. Major projects rolled out to enhance food production have ended up with depressingly low returns if not as outright failures. Yet, little has been done to enhance large-scale food production through modern technologies, irrigation or crop diversification.

Source: Daily Nation January 08, 2018 18:22 UTC