New Delhi, March 30 -- Producer milk prices have gone up following a shortage in the country, says Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya.
Munya said currently, dairy farmers are earning between Sh40 and Sh45 per litre because of the shortage. He told farmers to take advantage of the demand for milk and the stabilised prices and invest in production.
Munya spoke on Friday during a national cooperative policy implementation meeting organised by the Co-operative Alliance of Kenya in Kajiado county.
"New KCC, Brookside and some cooperatives are paying over Sh40. The shortage is due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges like climate change that have affected production," he said.
A minimum price of Sh33 a litre was set by the gov...