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The Kenyan Government has kicked off the distribution of grain dryers to provide farmers with post-harvest management services. This initiative has been implemented to put in place mechanisms to address challenges faced by farmers in post-harvest losses.
The Kenyan Government has kicked off the distribution of grain dryers to provide farmers with post-harvest management services. This initiative has been implemented to put in place mechanisms to address challenges faced by farmers in post-harvest losses. The post-harvest loss management has been a major challenge in the Kenyan agricultural sector with an estimated loss of thirty percent of harvested crops. These losses were mainly caused by poor storage, inadequate drying facilities, and poor weather conditions during this harvest period, the Ministry under the grain drying for sustainable post-harvest management project is supporting NCPB Depots Farmers’ Cooperatives and Community Organisations with two hundred 200 grain dryers in two phases.
In the distribution of the mobile grain dryers, phase one will cover 15 main maize-growing counties of Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Nakuru, Elgeyo Marakwet, Nandi, Bungoma, Kakamega, West Pokot, Narok, Kericho, Migori, Bomet, Baringo, Nyandarua and Laikipia. The Government has put up a Warehouse Receipt System that allows farmers to hold their produce in certified NCPB Depot warehouses where they can be tested, cleaned, graded, and stored with the owners of the commodity receiving a receipt as proof of ownership.
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The Warehouse Receipt System helps farmers to store their maize safely as they wait for the maize purchase price to be in their favour before selling the same, hence avoiding middlemen.
