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Kenyan Miraa growers are celebrating a significant price increase in their crop, with years of suffering and economic hardship.
The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which is in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, has set new prices for the crop.
Grade 1 miraa is now priced at Kshs. 1,300 per kilo as opposed to the previous price of Kshs. 700. Grade 2 has also risen to Kshs. 700 from Kshs. 350 and Alele grade is now Kshs. 1,000 as opposed to the previous Kshs. 500.
These prices comes from the AFA Miraa Pricing Formula Committee which was mandated by the Crops (Miraa) Regulations 2023 to finalize the prices after engaging farmers and traders, and considering the production costs, availability and demand.
The pricing of the crops has been revised following the formulation of the Crops (Miraa) Regulations 2023 which gives the industry a reference.
The committee met on the 13th of February 2025 and after considering the farmers and traders’ proposals, the new prices were set.
The government also promised to address the issue of access to market to enhance the export of miraa from Kenya.
The price increase will also help to even out the prices and build up the industry even further.
Although there are still some challenges, the increase in price is something for miraa consumers and growers to be grateful for.The new prices take effect immediately .
In 2022,Kenya exported the first batch of miraa to Somalia on Sunday the 24th July 2022,the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has said.
The authority said the resumption of exports followed efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The move follows the reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border after talks between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on July 16.
The two leaders agreed on the resumption of Kenya Airways flights to Mogadishu under an existing bilateral framework pending review.
“The two Presidents further agreed that the Kenya Airways (KQ) scheduled flights to Mogadishu will resume immediately based on the existing Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA).
The BASA will be reviewed by the relevant Authorities,” a communique released following the talks in Nairobi noted.
