Thitifini wrote:2012 wrote:mpobiz wrote:I dont know why people become angry or afraid when a politician tells the truth.
Adoption and diversification is the only way.
Even in kiambu coffee bushes are being uprooted for real estate developments
The only politician speaking the truth in this matter is Moses Kuria. Buying maize from Rift is like buying sugarcane from Western. If you can get better quality maize from Uganda and Tanzania for cheaper inclusive of transport then why pay more and oppress the consumer? At some point we need to decide who is more important between the farmer and the consumer and to me, The sustainable answer is obvious.
A developing economy should be a producer lead economy.
Key question should be; why are Ugandans and Tanzanians producing at such cheaper costs and what can we do to reduce production costs while increasing producer's margins.
The maize dymanics are quite complex and our politicians, for who they are, won't engage in serious analysis. In Kenya, maize is a staple food for human consumption and a major ingredient in animal feeds . A large population Farms the crop for consumption and local trade. This category is normally silent in maize politics. Another section of large scale farmers engage in production for sale to Government, which is a small buyer compared
with production. This is the noisiest category as they borrow epensively, have high input costs and cannot breakeven.
In places like UG, maize I see not the staple so they will produce it at low cost and sell it like Marenge.
"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe