State yields to Sh3,000 price for 90 kilogramme bag of maize

Lorries queue outside the National Cereals and Produce Board Eldoret depot to deliver maize under the warehouse receipt system . [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Farmers will get Sh3,000 for a 90-kg bag of maize in an improved offer from the Government which has committed to buying two million bags to boost its strategic reserves.

Last year, the State paid Sh3,200 for a 90-kg bag compared with Sh3,000 that was paid to the growers in 2016.