The total local wheat harvested from July 2024 to March 2025 is 1,710,358 (90 kg) bags, the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) has today said.
Millers have mopped up 1,388,762 bags from August to date and the total available wheat with farmers and Marketing Agents is about 321,596 bags, with the bulk being in Upper Narok, being 130,828 bags.
In a press release this afternoon giving the status of wheat imports, AFA says the remaining wheat to be harvested in Upper Narok and Timau 2 is projected at 80,000 bags. "In the last eight months, the total amount of wheat imported was 1,407,129 MT (15,634,767 bags) against a projected allocation of 3,246,000 MT (36 million bags)," the statement says.
According to AFA, the facts on local wheat production, which the country has been importing over the last 15 years, show that the national wheat demand is 2.2 - 2.4 million metric tonnes annually.
