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Farmers sell maize at throw-away prices after bumper harvest

Maize ready for harvesting at a farm in Mukinduri area of Kirinyaga Central sub-county. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]

Maize farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga counties have complained of poor prices as a result of glut.

Owing to heavy rainfall, from March to June, maize, beans, green grams and cowpeas thrived.

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