NPCK collects and updates the prevailing ware potato market prices in 5 major towns on its website twice a week. This information is useful to potato stakeholders particularly farmers and market outlets in their selling and buying decisions respectively. Below is a summary of the market prices in the month of March of 2020.
MONTH OF MARCH | WARE POTATO PRICES IN MAJOR TOWNS IN KES. PER KG | |||||
WEEK | DATE | Nairobi | Kisumu | Mombasa | Meru | Eldoret |
1 | Tuesday
3rd |
38 | 50 | 34 | 44 | 33 |
Thursday
5th |
38 | 48 | 36 | 45 | 33 | |
2
|
Tuesday
10th |
38 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 38 |
Friday
13th |
38 | 46 | 39 | 40 | 37 | |
3
|
Thursday
19th |
38 | 50 | 39 | 48 | 36 |
4
|
Tuesday
24th |
29 | 50 | 43 | 60 |
___* |
Thursday
26th
|
29 | 50 | 36 | 46 | 33 |
*Trading activities in Eldoret Market was suspended on 24th March by the County government. It was later reopened.
Seed potato availability can be accessed through our link click here.