The Potato Consortium, which consists of the National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK), Grow Africa and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), last week at the Nyandarua County Potato Fair announced fresh plans to structure the industry. Kimotho is the chairman of Mirangine Green Silver Farmers Corporative, which brings together 142 potato farmers from Makurata village in Nyandarua County, each with an average of two acres of potatoes. Valentines Miheso, the Programmes officer for Partnerships at Agra, says potato processors are currently operating at 50 per cent of their installed capacity. Most of the potatoes in the market are not of good quality and variety.”The consortium has engaged commercial potato seed producers to guarantee farmers quality seeds. “There are more than 50 different varieties of potatoes which farmers can grow as they target various processors,” said Kasera.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2017 17:26 UTC