This is a list of NCPB branches/depots in Kenya and their contacts. The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is a commercial state corporation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives.
NCPB plays a crucial role in implementing government policy on food security through the maintenance of the national food reserves and the implementation of market interventions. These interventions provide farmers with a market outlet and cushion consumers from high prices.
Functions and Mandate Of NCPB
1. Commercial commodity trading of grains, fertiliser and agro-chemical.
2. Provision of grain-related services such as pest control, warehousing, weighing, grading, bagging, aflatoxin texting, drying, clearing and forwarding at affordable rates.
3. Procurement and management of grain on behalf of the government on an agency basis to secure the strategic grain reserves (SGR) and famine relief stocks (FRS).
4. It provides logistics support services on food security issues.
5. Market intervention on behalf of the government for grains and farm inputs.
6. It regulates the collection, movement, storage, sale, purchase, transportation, marketing, processing, distribution, importation, exportation, disposal and supply of maize, wheat and scheduled agricultural produce.
7. It organizes and coordinates activities of the Food Balance Sheet Committee (FBSC).
8. It operates agricultural hub centres in select depots. These hubs act as one-stop shops which bring together farmers, agro-dealers, millers, grain traders, financial and insurance service providers, co-operatives, and other agricultural players.
List Of NCPB Branches And Depots In Kenya
1. NCPB Head Office
Location: National Cereals and Produce Board Nyumba ya Nafaka, Machakos/Enterprise Roads Industrial Area, Nairobi
Phone: 020-6921000, 020-6536028, 020-6555288, 0722-205756, 0722-251573, 0733-333159
Email: info@ncpb.co.ke
2. Kisumu Branch
Contact: 0774 582700
Email: rm.lakewestern@ncpb.co.ke
3. Ntimaru Depot
Contact: 020 2100961
4. Homa Bay Depot
Contact: 020 2100148
5. Muhoroni Depot
Contact: 020 2100966
6. Kendu Bay Depot
Contact: 020 2100965
7. Awendo Depot
Contact: 020 2100963
8. Nyansiango Depot
Contact: 020-2100964
9. Bondo Depot
Contact: 020 2100968
10. Chavakali Depot
Contact: 020 8007823
11. Lodwar Depot
Contact: 020 8007822
12. Moi’s Bridge Silos
Contact: 020 8007108
13. Turbo Depot
Contact: 020 2174741
14. Kipkaren River Depot
Contact: 0771 030331
15. Mokowe Depot
Contact: 020 8007825
16. Hola Depot
Contact: 020 2100048
17. Kilifi Depot
Contact: 020-2100079
18. Kwale Depot
Contact: 020 2100081
19. Changamwe Depot
Contact: 020 2100086
20. Lunga Lunga Nairobi Depot
Contact: 020 2100132
21. Kithimani Depot
Contact: 020 8007820
22. Emali Depot
Contact: 020-2100134
23. Kabarnet Depot
Contact: 020 2100135
24. Marigat Depot
Contact: 020 2100136
25. Ol Kalou Depot
Contact: 020-8007821
26. Marsabit Depot
Contact: 020 8007824
27. Mandera Depot
Contact: 020 2100970
Mwea Depot: 020-2100972
28. Garissa Depot
Contact: 020-2100973
