Farmers have rejected the new lower average price of sugarcane delivered to various millers and vowed to boycott supplies to the factory starting today.
The Sugarcane Pricing Committee-- an autonomous committee comprising the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers, millers, and sugar-producing counties-- has cut cane prices to Sh4,950 per tonne in August, marking a further drop since the start of the year and chopping earnings to farmers but handing relief to consumers of the sweeter on lower retail prices.
