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Unpaid dues, other challenges confront farmers ahead of planting season

Cheruiyot Samoei a farmer from Kipkenyo village in Uasin Gishu county sorts rotten maize from the good ones as he sun dries his produce.  PHOTO BY: KEVIN TUNOI

Farmers fear that the challenges that affected them last year could recur this year.

Many farmers last season grappled with the high cost of inputs, an armyworm invasion, and delayed payment for maize delivered to the cereals board.

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