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SWEET CANE THAT LEAD TO BETTER LIFE

Western Kenya which is known for green land because many agriculture work is done there especially fro sugar cane and maize but people normally ask why is that people who live there are poor and they produce a lot of sugar cane.

Sugar cane farming is facing hard time which makes the future of cane farming to be doubtful. Many of cane farmers are facing a lot of problems and challenges made by cane farming which makes the farmers poorer than richer.

Many cane farmers in Mumias which is the capital of sugar farming in the county are now embracing the planting of other crops like maize and cassavas rather than planting the sugar cane. Many complain than Mumias Sugar Company is always subjecting them to losses or negative results despite they work they do into the farm and the time they spent in there with their families and finances but at the end they get nothing after the harvest.

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