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maka wrote:simonkabz wrote:What will matter most is storage. What are the plans? True...sometime back there was some bumper harvest in one of this irrigation schemes and most of the food went to waste. The biggest problem with gok is that when it thinks about food, it just thinks about maize. What about wheat, rice, potato etc. Even other crops such as soybean, canola, sugarbeet, barley, cotton, sorghum, millet etc should be promoted to reduce reliance on imports of products eg cooking oil, sugar etc.
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Watch NTV @ 9 same old same old...NCPB is not taking anymore maize...pure wastage. possunt quia posse videntur
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maka wrote:Watch NTV @ 9 same old same old...NCPB is not taking anymore maize...pure wastage. Why don't the millers buy the maize directly and bring the price of unga down? Does all the maize have to go thro Ncpb?
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In 5-10yrs the effects of these initiatives will be evident. Given performance so far, I am not too worried about Central Govt. in development but insecurity is at a runaway level. Seeing the police vetting tells you how far we have to go.
I like the CiC time based demand for performance from the Cabinet and Principal Secretaries. The honeymoon and induction period is over!
On Counties, these Governors are a worrying lot, example, What has Dr Kidero done for Nairobi since he came into office?..Maybe F. Waititu wasn't a bad option after all. Tofauti ni nini?? nkt
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imagine oAR kicking off such a project and a kappet must be laid? i.am.back!!!!
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jaggernaut wrote:maka wrote:Watch NTV @ 9 same old same old...NCPB is not taking anymore maize...pure wastage. Why don't the millers buy the maize directly and bring the price of unga down? Does all the maize have to go thro Ncpb? The problem ni the cartels... possunt quia posse videntur
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jaggernaut wrote:maka wrote:Watch NTV @ 9 same old same old...NCPB is not taking anymore maize...pure wastage. Why don't the millers buy the maize directly and bring the price of unga down? Does all the maize have to go thro Ncpb? Capacity ...... We need private investors licenced and facilitated to develop more storage facilities.The millers only buy so much at a time hence cannot absorb everything. Farmers on the other hand want to dispose them fast due to insecurity.End result is dipressed prices due yo oversupply at some given time. ION..there is a new storage facility operating in Nakuru and Kitale/Eldoret (not sure).One can refer farmers there. Love is beautiful and so are those who share it.With Love, Marriage is an amazing event in ones life time, the foundation of joy, happiness and success.
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jaggernaut wrote:maka wrote:Watch NTV @ 9 same old same old...NCPB is not taking anymore maize...pure wastage. Why don't the millers buy the maize directly and bring the price of unga down? Does all the maize have to go thro Ncpb? And who said millers are not buying directly from the farmers?Enda unga and pember factories and see how long the quees are for maize. The problem is that most farmers who take to NCBP are small scale(less than 100 bags of maize) yet most many of the millers are located in Nairobi,Mombasa and Nakuru.So the transportation costs becomes higher thus why the farmers sell to the brokers who in turn sell to the millers directly If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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jaggernaut wrote:maka wrote:simonkabz wrote:What will matter most is storage. What are the plans? True...sometime back there was some bumper harvest in one of this irrigation schemes and most of the food went to waste. The biggest problem with gok is that when it thinks about food, it just thinks about maize. What about wheat, rice, potato etc. Even other crops such as soybean, canola, sugarbeet, barley, cotton, sorghum, millet etc should be promoted to reduce reliance on imports of products eg cooking oil, sugar etc. Very true. Some time last year I watched a CNN programmer about a Scottish company that makes wine from potatoes and I couldn't help thinking of out potatoes which rot in the farms of Nyahururu due to inaccessible roads whenever it rains. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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