Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago has asked the ministry of agriculture to set up pilot collection centers to enable farmers to deliver their produce.
This follows reports that the National Cereals and Produce Board depots in Eldoret town and Moisbridge trading center are full.
Speaking when he hosted agriculture cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, Mandago also asked the government to increase maize price to sh3,500 to facilitate farmer's transportation costs to other NCPB depots.
NCPB has been advising farmers to deliver their produce to Kisumu, Bungoma, and Nairobi which are not yet full.
The Governor further asked the cereals board to regain ownership of stores that had been leased to businessmen and private firms with anticipation that production could have dropped this year following fall armyworms invasions and prolonged drought.
He said NCPB was expecting 1.5 million bags from farmers this year but the figure doubled up to 3.2 million bags.
Kiunjuri, however, directed that surplus maize at Eldoret NCPB be taken to Bungoma depot for farmers from North Rift region to deliver their maize.