Raise potato output to beat hunger, lobby tells State

Traders display their potatoes at Daraja Mbili Market in Kisii County on 21/1/2019.The traders source for the produce from Njoro in Nakuru County where there is surplus a 90 kilogram sack retailing at sh 3800 at the local market.[Photo: Sammy Omingo/Standard]

Kenya has the capacity to produce between 8 million and 10 million tonnes of potatoes annually, in what experts say could see the crop replace maize as the country’s staple food.