Prices for dry maize start appreciating in North Rift

Peter Lopeyok a 36-year-old maize farmer from Barina. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

The price of dry maize has gone up to Sh3,000 per 90kg bag in the North Rift. Demand for the grain by traders in the informal market and millers has increased in the past few weeks, to the benefit of farmers still holding onto their produce.

“We anticipate prices of maize to hit a high of Sh3,200 per 90kg bag in the next few days. Businessmen who transport maize to Nairobi offer the competitive prices and farmers are paid their cash in less than two days,” Jackson Kwambai, a farmer in Moiben told The Standard yesterday.