Updated Wed, November 23rd 2016 at 14:54 GMT +3ELDORET, KENYA: The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has bought 67,000 bags of maize from farmers in North Rift region with long queues building up, a week after it opened doors for current season's supplies. The cereals board has also purchased more than 110,000 bags of wheat over the last one month to support wheat producers who have been facing market challenges due to imports. Mr Joseph Tuwei, the NCPB acting regional manager North Rift said 10 depots were fully operational adding that they take about 50 lorries of produce delivered by farmers every day. Three more depots –Kapsowar, Kipkabus and Kapsowar are yet to open because farmers in the regions have not harvested," said Tuwei. The cereals board, he added, is receiving produce from farmers before repackaging it in standardized NCPB branded 50 kg bags before the Strategic Food Reserves (SFRs) is stored in the board's warehouse.

Source: Standard Digital November 23, 2016 11:55 UTC