Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has announced that the government will purchase 1 million bags of maize, at 4,000 per 90kg bag.
Speaking before the senate, Linturi said the National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB) will buy the maize for the National strategic Food Reserve.
“We will be buying the maize from registered farmers who are in our database. NCPB stores are ready to take in maize,” he said.
Linturi highlighted that the country imports an average of 4 to 6 million bags of maize annually to meet the total demand for human consumption and animal feeds with most of the maize imported by the private sector and relief agencies.
