The main problem facing the cotton industry in Homa Bay and Kenya as a country is marketing. Due to luck of a market outlet for cotton, production has been going down.
The main causes of the problem include the closure of the textile industries and ginneries all over the country who used to be the main cotton buyers. The government adopted liberalization policy which privatized cotton industry hence the existing ginneries cant buy all the cotton produced, leaving the farmers with little or no choice but to sell their cotton at a throw away price. Moreover there is no ginnery in the district. The project aims at setting up a cotton ginnery in Homa Bay town. The ginnery will be owned by farmers who are members of KENFAP Homa Bay branch. Cotton for ginning will be supplied by farmers both KENFAP members and non-members from within the district and its environs. Qualified personnel with agricultural background will be competitively sort from the district.

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