By GERALD ANDAEMore by this AuthorBy LYNET IGADWAHMore by this AuthorKenya is staring at potential food shortages with an acute deficit of maize flour already being experienced in supermarkets. Nick Hutchinson, chairman of the Cereal Millers Association, told the Business Daily the millers might be forced to stop production due to insufficient maize stocks. “There are no stocks to mill at all and our hopes are on the maize from Mexico that is expected next month,” he said. The shipment is expected to take 45 days and the earliest it can get to the country is next month according to millers. The ministry of Agriculture released 750,000 bags to millers at a cost of Sh3,000 per 90kg bag against the market price of Sh4,500.

Source: Daily Nation May 04, 2017 18:45 UTC