Good yields expected in first sorghum harvest

Plans by Kenya Breweries Limited to sponsor over 15,000 farmers in Nyanza to grow sorghum for its new Kisumu plant in the region.

Chairman of the Homa Bay County Sorghum Farmers Association, Mr Ager Kiroho, said farmers in the region were expecting a good income from the brewer.

The brewer had provided seeds and other farm inputs to farmers in the region to woo them into growing the crop used in making beer.

Mr Kiroho said every farmer has harvested between 30 and 70 bags of millet, making the season's harvest to be the highest in sorghum growing history in the region. The company distributed 20 threshing machines which are used to separate grains from chaffs to first -human farmers in Nyanza and Western regions in the production of higher volumes in the future production of the new millet Sh15 trillion plant in Kisumu

KBL Supply Chain Director Patrick Kamugi, the harvesting machines eases harvesting and further reduces post-harvest Kisumu brewery suppliers. In addition, KBL will also distribute 400 grain drying sheets to first-time sorghum farmers.

Mr Kamugi said the 'West for West' is being implemented by KBL in the sourcing of sorghum is meant for the majority of raw materials for Kisumu Brewery sourced from the western part of the country.

"We expect to recruit more farmers in the coming months and even though the process has had a lot of problems, such as bad weather at the start, there is hope farmers will harvest up to 15,000 tons of sorghum this season. "

Mr Kamugi said the Western and Nyanza raw sourcing plan was part of EABL's strategy to acquire 100 percent of raw materials by 2020.

KBL Managing Director Jane Karuku Posted in March that the first barrel of the senator Will be released from the multi-billion-shilling facility on July 17.

The good harvest comes in the wake of an earlier setback suffered by the following farmers heavy rains and birds that destroyed their farms. More than 12,000 sorghum farmers in Nyando, West Karachuonyo and Lambwe Valley in Kisumu and Homa Bay counties were affected by floods and attack by birds.

KBL has been laying strategies for growing farmers in Kisumu town. Kisumu Plant Re-opening Kisumu Plant Re-opening Kisumu Plantation Kisumu Plantation Kisumu Plantation Kisumu Plantation [1965] in the first-ever benchmarking event, aiming at establishing best practices in sorghum farming and promoting learning and exchange of ideas between farmers.