Bumper rice output to reduce imports

A woman threshes rice on a rock during harvesting time at Mwea Irrigation scheme in Kirinyaga county. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya will this year cut rice imports by 36 percent following above average production in major irrigation schemes.

Water and Irrigation Principal Secretary Joseph Irungu said the country anticipates production of 240,000 tonnes of rice, which is almost double the output in the previous year.

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