Despite food insecurity, Kisumu farmers lack ready market for rice

Farmers harvest rice at Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Kisumu County on May 4, 2017. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NMG

Rice, the country’s second staple food after maize, is wasting away in Kisumu as some families sleep hungry due to food insecurity and inflation that has seen the doubling of prices of essential commodities, including flour.

Ahero Irrigation Scheme, in Kisumu County, is now a beehive of activity, with farmers cutting, stacking and threshing grain from the stalks before drying it for sale.

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