Kirinyaga rice farmers have received 13
tons of high-quality rice seeds from the government for this season’s planting.
kilograms of Basmati rice seeds and 3,000 kilograms of hybrid variety will be
distributed among 1,000 farmers to be planted on approximately 1,000 acres of
land.
Assembly and farmers representatives in Sagana, Governor Anne Waiguru thanked
President Uhuru Kenyatta for the seeds donation which was delivered through the
State Department of Crops Development and Agriculture Research.
distributed immediately to the farmers to enable timely planting, noting that identification
of the beneficiaries was done through collaboration between the county’s
Department of Agriculture, the Mwea Irrigation Water Users Association (IWUA)
and farmers across the rice growing wards in Mwea.
will complement the efforts by the County Government in promotion of rice
production which include coordination of water provision services in an
equitable manner across the rice scheme and improvement of the road network
within the scheme in order to ease transportation of rice and farm inputs.
extension and advisory services to farmers in order to promote good
agricultural practices for increased production as well as collaborate with
other stakeholders for improved production and marketing of rice.
have planned to meet the Cabinet Secretaries in charge of Agriculture and Trade
in order to forge a lasting solution to rice marketing woes that have faced
rice farmers in the county.
of cheap rice imports have disadvantaged Mwea rice farmers whose good quality rice lies
in the factory for lack of market and when they sell they are forced to do so
at throw away prices.
county in Kenya with Mwea irrigation scheme having 26,000 acres under rice
grown by about 7,000 farmers.
scheme is estimated at 113,000 metric tons and there exists potential for
enhanced production.
chains that support the Big Four Agenda pillar on Food Security and Nutrition.
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