Poor rainfall to cut Kenya’s maize production by 4.6m bags this year

Poor rainfall will cut this year’s maize harvest by 4.6 million bags in a drop that will hurt farmers’ earnings and spark increase in prices of the grain.

Food security report from the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that maize yields will this year fall to 32.2 million bags, down from the 36.8 million bags harvested in 2015, reflecting a 12 per cent drop.