Lack of market leaves farmers counting losses despite bumper harvest

A watermelon trader displays her fruits along the Nakuru-Kabarnet highway. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Lack of direct link markets for watermelons has seen farmers in Marigat and Kiserian incur huge losses after recording a bumper harvest.

The produce is rotting away in farms as owners desperately wait for buyers. Levis Saning’o, a farmer, told The Standard that a group of 10 brokers, who control the watermelon trade in Marigat town, are their only link to buyers.