Archives for Rice Farming
Rice Farming In Kenya, The Math’s In Production And Profits
Rice Farming In Kenya: Rice is currently the third important staple crop after maize and wheat in Kenya. It can be considered as an alternative cereal to supplement maize as…
Imported Rice Might Soon Be Replaced, Thanks To The New Introduced High Breed Variety In Mwea
Rice breeders in Mwea have come up with a hybrid rice that may soon replace the demand for imported rice in the country. The new breed of rice according to…
Small scale farmers drive rice and sunflower commercialization in East Africa
To analyse the dynamics of agricultural commercialisation and agrarian change across East, West and Southern Africa, an e-dialogue was recently convened by the Agricultural Policy Research Programme (APRA) in partnership…
Kenyan government to construct a multi-billion shilling rice project in Kirinyaga County
A multi-billion shilling rice project by the national government in Kirinyaga County will create 250,000 jobs. The project involves the construction of a Sh16 billion Thiba Dam at Rukenya village.…
A model where rice and fish are reared in the same fields could be replicated in Mwea
A model where rice and fish are reared in the same fields could be replicated in Mwea, assisting farmers to increase income from their fields. The rice-fish farming is popular…
Farmers in Northern Kenya making it big from Rice farming
Sitting next to a wooden structure nestled among bushy palm trees of Jarajara, Garissa County, Hassan Yunis, 70, deeps his hand in a basket full of rice, scoops some and…