Business NewsThe new rules will see out-growers negotiate better terms of supply of sugarcane to the millersThe government has gazetted new rules that will help in the revival of sugarcane growers associations and streamline their operations. The guidelines are contained in Subsidiary Sugar Crop Regulations, 2020, published by the Kenya Sugar Directorate to comply with the Sugar Task Force Report. SEE ALSO: State gazettes registration rules for sugarcane farmers’ associationsThe new rules will see out-growers negotiate better terms of supply of sugarcane to the millers and co-ordinate the production, harvesting and transport of sugarcane to the millers. They are Muhoroni Sugarcane Out Growers Company, Nzoia Out Growers Company and Mumias Out Growers Company. Ezra Okoth, the secretary-general of Kenya Federation of Sugarcane Farmers sought Agriculture CS Peter Munya’s intervention to bail out-grower’s institutions in receivership.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2020 17:21 UTC