Middle Men and Exploitation

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We really do need to put a stop to this exploitation, middle men buying that sack for about 1,000 kshs. Na chips Nairobi ni viazi mbili 120 kshs

Willing buyer willing seller

Only when those farmers will unite and form cooperatives.

what we potato farmers need is a standard way of packaging say 90kg or 120kg sio hio upuss ya kata three na kata 4

who benefits more, potato farmer, transporter, broker, or the chips seller?

I thought there was a regulation on this

was suspended by high court in 2015

On what grounds

I am not very conversant with the specific prices, but I tend to believe none of the above benefit much, the perception that the middle men make alot of money than the farmers is not entirely true, if you factor in the transport/ market logistics and storage issues the margins are more or less the same across board.

potatoes are priced per sack, or per kg?

there is influx of potatoes in the farms…do your research

by sacks…the 50kg sack was going for 4k a few months ago,hii kubwa sahii ni 2k

the broker coz he doesn’t do shit

really? He is to look for potatoes,mend the sacks and load the sacks in the lorry but that is where i come from other forms of brokerage may exist

Siwes na siwes join tena. Juzi tu karibu tuchape neighbour who happened to be the Chair of our dairy coop. Alitafuna pesa zetu - pesa za 3 months ikakunywa maji namna hio. Since he happened to be one of the church elders watu wakaogopa kumsort or call the police. Mimi ni kudeal na middlemen hata kama ni wezi pia but at least unashika pesa yako hapo na hapo. ION, a bag of maize goes for 1400bob. Wacha tu!

uza flat na usicheke na mtu

if he is bypassed the products become cheaper yet farmer makes more money. A win-win. Goods pass through broker because distribution has bottlenecks/inefficiencies not because of the need for them. They signal problems

ki flat saa hizi ni 400 kata 3 ni 1200 heri hio kata 3 ata kama tunagongwa

theoretically yes, practically an uphill task

kwenu ni wapi @mukuna ?