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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def setup_consumers(self):
 """Iterate through each consumer in the configuration and kick off the minimal amount of processes, setting up the runtime data as well. """

        if not self.consumer_cfg:
            LOGGER.warning('No consumers are configured')
        for name in self.consumer_cfg.keys():
            self.consumers[name] = self.new_consumer(
                self.consumer_cfg[name], name)
            self.start_processes(name, self.consumers[name].qty)