Kenya: Cane farmers in Nyando propose to delay quality-based payment system

Published 2024년 9월 26일

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Sugarcane farmers in the Nyando Sugarbelt have requested a two-year delay in the implementation of the Quality-Based Cane Payment System (QBCPS), a new payment method based on sucrose content. This request was made during a recent public participation on the QBCPS Regulations 2023. Despite this request, the farmers express optimism about the new payment method, which they believe will prevent exploitation by millers. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has developed a total of 27 locally bred cane varieties with high sucrose content and is encouraging farmers to plant these. The AFA has also established several Sugar Testing Units (STUs) to implement the sucrose content-based pricing, with plans to roll out the system after the regulations are in place. Farmers have called for more awareness and capacity building on the new payment model and the necessary practices to produce cane with a high sucrose content.

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Kisumu — Sugarcane farmers within the Nyando Sugarbelt have proposed a two-year delay before the roll out of the Quality-Based Cane Payment System (QBCPS). The farmers converged in Kisumu on Thursday during a public participation on the QBCPS Regulations 2023. The farmers however expressed optimism for the new method of payments for their cane based on the sucrose content. Atyang Atyang, a farmer in Muhoroni, said the regulations will cushion farmers from exploitation by millers. He said the paradigm shift in the payments will help farmers to value add their cane. "Millers are stealing from us, the new method will absolutely address that concern," he said. Jane Chirchir, a farmer in Chemelil, however proposed delayed implementation. "Give us two years, so that we prepare our cane ready for sucrose content payments," she said. Chirchir said farmers are ready to embrace the new changes but cautioned against the rush to implement the new payment method. Sucrose content based pricing ...

Source: All Africa