Farmers, traders at a loss as State moots punitive rulesDamary Onditi, a farmer in Migori County samples her produce of tomatoes. This is a slap to millions of mama mboga who eke out a living selling food crops in market centers in what has evolved as kadogo economy. The unit of measurement of all food crop produce shall be the kilogramme. “Such certified food crops produce will then trade regionally and internationally to earn the country foreign exchange,” reads the Regulatory Impact Statement. At the same time the county governments will register farmers annually categorised as large scale growers, growers’ association comprising of individual small scale farmers.

Source: Standard Digital March 29, 2019 21:06 UTC