By BARNABAS BIIMore by this AuthorBy PHILIP BWAYOMore by this AuthorMaize farmers in the North Rift region yesterday petitioned the government to review maize prices terming them too low. Some farmers in the region are still harvesting the crop while others are hoarding the produce in anticipation of increased prices despite millions of Kenyans facing starvation. “Most farmers are hoarding the produce with plans of selling around March when the market prices will high,” said Mr Andrew Rotich, the chairman of the Trans Nzoia Maize and Livestock Association. Some farmers in the region are hoarding their maize due to impending shortage of the commodity as a result of low yields this season. But the North Rift maize farmers blamed high cost of farm inputs and unstable market prices for reduced acreage under the crop that is the country’s staple food.

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2017 07:22 UTC