Tomato and potato prices up due to scarcity

Traders display their tomatoes at Daraja mbili open air market in Kisii County. They source the tomatoes from Rimuruti Laikipia County where there is a surplus in the local market. A crate of the produce retails at Sh2200 while a full basin retails at Sh500. (Sammy Omingo/ Standard)

Prices of many agricultural products have shot up over the past one month in the North Rift.

Tomatoes, potatoes and cabbages are retailing at a higher price owing to scarcity.