Browsing: KBL trains sorghum farmers

• Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched a campaign to recruit over 5,000 new farmers to grow sorghum to produce Senator Keg beer
• Through East African Maltings Limited, KBL’s contract farming programme, Mtama Ni Mali, sources 100% of raw materials locally, providing a source of livelihood to over 40,000 smallholder farmers
• KBL provides a guaranteed market for farm output at competitive prices and, in the last financial year, paid over Ksh1.2 billion to smallholder sorghum farmers across the country

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched a campaign to recruit over 5,000 new farmers to grow sorghum to produce their value beer, Senator Keg.

Through East African Maltings Limited (EAML), KBL’s contract farming programme, Mtama Ni Mali, sources 100% of raw materials locally, providing a source of livelihood to over 40,000 smallholder farmers drawn from Kisumu, Migori, Siaya, Homa Bay, Busia, Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties, among others.

KBL provides a guaranteed …