Millers shun maize from strategic food reserve

National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) managing director Newton Terer during a two-day Africa Strategic Grain Reserve Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel on June 14, 2016. FILE PHOTO | NMG

High cost of transporting grain from North Rift depots to the rest of the country has discouraged some millers from buying cheap maize released by the government from the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR).

National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Managing Director Newton Terer said millers have purchased just over a half of the available one million bags.

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