Farmers in Mwea stuck with tons of rice with no buyers
Some of the rice which is stored at the Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Kirinyaga County waiting for buyers. Farmers say it may go to waste as they cannot find a market for it.
Over 100,000 bags of rice worth millions of shillings belonging to farmers from the expansive Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kirinyaga County are lying idle in stores due to lack of buyers.
The farmers have expressed fears that their produce at the Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society stores may rot if a market for it is not found quickly.
