News In tough economy, cheap flour good for consumers, bad news for farmersWorkers arrange maize flour at a supermarket in Nairobi. Agriculture experts and maize farmers in the North Rift region, the country’s food basket, Saturday said fixing of maize flour prices will destabilise the local market resulting in a decline in farm gate prices thus subjecting farmers to losses. “The market forces of supply and demand should be left to determine the maize flour prices. A two-kilogramme packet of maize flour goes for between Sh80 and Sh100 in most retail outlets in the North rift region. But most consumers have been opting for posho mill flour which they consider cheaper as opposed to buying from the millers.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 30, 2018 10:52 UTC