Commodity & Trade Updates

Farmers say the new price goes against government policy and will result in heavy losses.

According to import shipment records covering April 2024 to March 2025, Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda together accounted for approximately 99 percent of Kenya’s maize import shipments.

While national wheat supplies appear robust, Punjab is confronting a pressing storage shortfall as its grain facilities near full capacity.

Agriculture Minister confirmed that the government has fully paid 846,655 farmers for the maize they sold to the FRA during the 2025 crop marketing season.

The area planted with the 2025 main season maize crop is estimated to be below the five-year average