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THE STANDARD By Lynn Kolongei | January 16th 2021 at 14:54:50 GMT +0300 NCPB depot (PHOTO: FILE) There has been a low turnout from farmers nearly three weeks after the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) announced it is ready to purchase maize for drying and storage. NCPB North Rift Manager Gilbert Rotich said the Eldoret branch has purchased only 2,000 ninety-kilo bags of maize since the process was initiated on December 28 last year. He said many farmers who got a bumper harvest might be reluctant to sell their maize right now. “The supply of maize has not been as usual since most farmers have kept their produce, probably for speculation purposes that they might get higher prices later. But we want to urge farmers to take advantage of our wide network within the NCPB,” said Rotich. ....
Further down his sloped land, his farmhand tends to his thriving maize field. A combination of optimal rainfall and improved methods of farming is promising Ndanu an abundant harvest. However, this has not always been the case as he has suffered numerous losses due to aflatoxin contamination. A few years ago I harvested 17 bags of maize and out of this nearly nine bags were rejected after testing positive for high levels of aflatoxins. I was puzzled as the maize lacked visible indications of being contaminated, said Ndanu. In Kenya, food contamination has been identified as one of the leading contributors to food insecurity; retrogressive farming techniques, improper storage, transportation, and processing of farm outputs are some of the factors exposing foods to mycotoxins (harmful molds/fungi). ....
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is set to review its grain purchase prices upwards after farmers snubbed it in favour of higher paying private millers. ....
2021-01-14 15:05:29 GMT2021-01-14 23:05:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English NAIROBI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) In Silvester Ndanu s expansive farmland hidden 65 km away from Kenya s capital, Nairobi, chickens peck on dirt while his tethered dairy cows graze unbothered. Further down his sloped land, his farmhand tends to his thriving maize field. A combination of optimal rainfall and improved methods of farming is promising Ndanu an abundant harvest. However, this has not always been the case as he has suffered numerous losses due to aflatoxin contamination. A few years ago I harvested 17 bags of maize and out of this nearly nine bags were rejected after testing positive for high levels of aflatoxins. I was puzzled as the maize lacked visible indications of being contaminated, said Ndanu. ....
Taarifa Rwanda Published 3 months ago 0share The Kenyan government has cleared about U$4,557,885.10 (Kshs500million) to pay 89 maize farmers cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for stocks supplied to the National Cereals and Produce Board in the controversial 2017/18 purchase window. Of this amount, some Sh147million has already been received by 21 growers marking the end of a long wait for the farmers who had been affected by a decision by the State to freeze the payments amid concerns that some brokers may have infiltrated the maize purchase scheme at the expense of genuine farmers. The EACC and the Agriculture ministry audited the maize purchases by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) after reports emerged that some middlemen were filling government silos with imports from Uganda while local farmers remained stranded with produce. ....