The volume of rice produced at various irrigation schemes across the country grew by 19.1 percent to 229,064 tonnes last year compared to 192,299 in 2022, despite lower acreage under crop.
In Kenya, rice is mainly grown under irrigation by small-scale farmers in counties that include Kirinyaga (Mwea), Busia (Bunyala), Tana River (Tana Delta, Bura), Kwale (Vanga cluster), Kisumu (Ahero, West Kano, South West Kano, smallholder irrigation schemes within Kano Plains), Migori (Lower Kuja), Homa Bay (Maugo, Oluch Kimira), Siaya (Anyiko), and Taita Taveta (Kimorigho, Buluma).
