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Services

The Board offers the following third party services within its network of depots and silos countrywide. Some of these services include:

            Weighing
            Drying
            Pest control
            Clearing and Forwarding
            Grading
            Spraying
            Conveying
            Bagging
            Warehousing
            Aeration of stored Grains
            Grain Cleaning
            Aflatoxin Testing                                                                                         
            Loading/Off-loading
            Sale of seedlings
            Space for sun drying
            Hire of Tarpaulins

Leasing of Properties

The Board holds storage capacities of more than 20 million bags by 90kgs which consists of conventional stores and silo bins.  Some of these facilities are not fully utilized and are leased out to third party.  The rates vary from region to region but basically driven by market demand. Upon request for any of the facility, we enter into an agreement with a customer before signing a lease which stipulates the terms of the contract.
Some of the facilities are offices, houses and canteens and undeveloped land. The rates for these facilities are also determined by the market rates.

Warehousing
This is where a customer is charged within a period of one month depending on the area occupied whereby the space is measured in square foot or bag capacity.  The Board is in-charge of the store because other customers share the same store. 

Lease of Minor equipments
Board also leases minor equipments such as elevators and mobile weighing scales.  These equipment are used to lift and weigh bagged grains.  We also lease out tarpaulins for sun-drying cereals and dunnages for stacking bagged cereals.

 

WAREHOUSE RECEIPTING SYSTEM (WRS) 

(WRS)  is the use of a stored commodity, evidenced by the issue of a Warehouse Receipt (WR) acceptable by banks, as collateral for loans to the producer/trader of the commodity.

This system involves a three- cornered arrangement between the bank, a borrower (producer/trader)  and a warehouse operator.

This initiative aims at strengthening the commodity supply chain through a certified linkage of warehouses systems.  

The certified warehouses issue tradable receipts/warrants for commodities delivered.  

 OBJECTIVES OF WRS

The Warehouse Receipting System can play an important role in ensuring that the liberalized grain market in Kenya becomes more responsive to the domestic market opportunities.

 It will also create competitiveness in relation to the world markets by:

i.              Increasing the willingness of banks to lend for agriculture and wholesale trade.

ii.             Linking post- harvest credit, through Warehouse Receipt Financing, to funding for agricultural inputs, thereby raising agricultural productivity.

iii.            Improving grading systems and facilitating the sale of commodities at reduced cost.

iv.            Improving price-risk management, by providing more secure basis for forward transactions and for the development of commodity exchange trading.

v.             Reducing the cost of public support for agricultural marketing

  WAREHOUSE RECEIPTING SYSTEM PROCESS

1. After the producer has harvested his crop, he transports it to a certified warehouse.  The grain is checked to ensure that it meets the stipulated quality standards.

2. If the grains pass the quality inspected and the quantity is within the minimum set by the Warehouse Operator (for example 100MT), they will be received by the Warehouse Operator, who will then issue a Warehouse Receipt to the farmer.

3.The farmer may present the Warehouse Receipt to a bank, which may offer him/her short term financing, which will be a proportion of the market value of the grain deposited in the warehouse. 

This enables the farmer to meet his basic financial obligations such as domestic needs or preparing for the next planting season, as he waits for the price of his grains to improve in the market.  The Warehouse Receipt remains in the custody of the bank.

4. When the market prices improve, the farmer sells his grain and the buyer is instructed to pay direct to the bank.  The bank then deducts the loan and interest from the proceeds and the Warehouse Operator also recovers any storage charges. 

The farmer is then given the balance.   

 BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES

The advantages of WRS to farmers, millers, traders and other players include:

i.      The Warehouse Receipts would be discounted by farmers with banks and used to access credit quickly to meet their immediate cash needs while their produce waits in warehouses for higher post harvest prices. This increases liquidity in commodity markets.

ii.    The Warehouse Receipt System would promote proper grading, standardization and storage of agricultural commodities and

iii. Enable trading of the commodities through the Commodity Exchange, resulting in better value and price realization to producers. 

MAJOR PLAYERS

The major players who are expected to participate in Warehouse Receipting System shall include: producers, millers, traders, brokers, collateral managers (warehouse operators) and transporters.

LOCATION OF THE WAREHOUSES

Currently there is a network of warehouses that are appropriate for the warehouse receipting system that need to be certified to support the system. These include the following;

  • o     NCPB has over 110 warehouses throughout the country with a storage capacity of over 1.8 million MT.
  • o    Other public institutions that have relevant storage for food items include KFA, KTDA, KPCU and KNTC. 
  • o    Major warehousing companies such as Mbaraki Port Warehouses (Kenya) Ltd, Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (KIFWA) also handle agricultural produce for import or export. 
  It is expected that certified private sectors warehousing will emerge once the WRS concept picks on.  

 

 

 

 
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Board launches Warehouse Receipt system

National Cereals and produce Board will be holding a Warehouse receipting system mini launch in Narok in preparation for a major launch during harvest season in North Rift.

The long anticipated historic event will be held at the Board’s Narok silos grounds on 1st September 2010.

The event is expected to be attended by among others representatives from the Office of the President/Prime Minister, NCPB Board of Directors and other selected officers, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, State corporations ,treasury as well as farmers, millers, traders and other stakeholders.

Warehouse Receipting Process

1.         After the producer (depositor) has harvested his crop, s/he transports it to a certified warehouse.  The grain is checked to ensure that it meets the stipulated quality standards.

2.         When the grain passes the quality tests and the quantity is within the minimum set level (for example 10MT), it will be received by the Warehouse Operator (NCPB), who will then issue a Warehouse Receipt to the farmer(depositor).

3.         The depositor may present the Warehouse Receipt to a bank, which may offer him/her short term financing. The financing will be a proportion (say 80%) of the market value of the grain deposited in the warehouse.  This financing enables the farmer to meet his basic financial obligations such as domestic needs or preparing for the next planting season, as he waits to sell his grains in the market when the price is favourable.  The Warehouse Receipt remains in the custody of the bank for it forms the security for the financing.

4.         When the market price improves, the farmer sells his grain and the buyer is instructed to pay direct to the bank.  The bank then recovers its money from the proceeds and the Warehouse Operator also recovers any storage or handling charges.  The farmer is then given the balance.

Benefits/Advantages

           The advantages of WRS to farmers, millers, traders and other players include:

i.       Eliminating the need to use title deeds as Security for financing grain owners.

ii.      Enabling depositors get access to cash faster against the warehouse receipt.

iii.     Enabling depositors to sell their grain when market conditions and prices are most    favorable.

iv.     Eliminating the issue of delayed payments to farmers.

v.      Enabling processors (millers) to focus on their milling functions while they procure grain through WRS.

vi.     Improving quality and grading.

vii.     Reducing post harvest losses through professional storage.

viii.    Improving food security.

ix.      Enabling development and trading through a Commodity Exchange.

 

MAJOR PLAYERS

The major players who are expected to participate in Warehouse Receipting System shall include: producers, Government, millers, traders, collateral managers/warehouse operators (NCPB) and transporters

 

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