Animal feed manufacturers have raised concerns over the export of raw materials to Middle East countries which are offering premium prices, worsening an already existing shortage locally. The Association of Animal Feed Manufacturers (Akefema), an umbrella organisation for feed makers, says it has established that by-products such as wheat bran, maize germ and wheat pollard are being exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.
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This comes at a time when feed manufacturers are grappling with high cost of these supplements following a sharp decline in supply in the local market, with processors passing on the extra cost to farmers. “We have established that milling by-products are being exported to Saudi Arabia and UAE who are offering particularly lucrative prices, which our processors cannot compete with,” said Martin Kinoti, the Akefema secretary-general. In addition to the wheat and maize by-products, processors also facing a shortage of other key products such as the sunflower and cotton seed cake and soya. Kenya relies on imports of sunflower seed cake from Tanzania while soya is imported from Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. However, Zambia has dealt the feeds industry a blow after suspending exports of soya bean meal and sunflower seed cake. “Since this [Zambia] is one of the main source markets for Kenya, the price of little available soya has gone up by 20 percent resulting in a sharp rise in the cost ...
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