Council launches campaign against post-harvest losses
Women buy green maize at Kibuye market in Kisumu county. A campaign aimed at reducing post-harvest losses has been launched. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
Present at the launch of the campaign were Ugandan High Commissioner Angelina Wapakhabulo and her counterpart from Tanzania, Dr Batilda Burian. The United States ambassador was represented by the embassy’s agriculture counsellor, Ms Cate Snipes.
A campaign aimed at reducing post-harvest losses has been launched.
The drive by the regional grain value chain forum, the East African Grain Council (EAGC), seeks to reduce the losses that occur through transportation, drying, storage, pest infestation, disease, and poor market access.
