EDITORIAL: Address challenges that our rice farmers face

Rice farmers in Mwea. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The woes facing rice farmers once again point to the paradox that has underpinned Kenya’s agricultural policy since Independence.

The country has to import two thirds of its annual rice requirements yet the available domestic production is also being smuggled across the border because of underperforming State-owned millers.

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