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THE STANDARD KENYA Richard Odhiambo at his rice farm, Lower Kuja Irrigation scheme. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard] Rice farmers are abandoning huge tracts of land in the Lower-Kuja irrigation scheme, threatening the survival of the three-year Sh5.4 billion national government project that was commissioned by ODM leader Raila Odinga in May 2019. Kevin Omondi, who has 10-acres in the scheme, said that despite harvesting 200 bags during the last season, he had not been able to find a buyer for his paddy in the last six months. Paddy is rice whose husk has not been removed. “Having your land tilled and the rice planted and maintained to the point of harvesting is quite costly. We are not seeing anything good after all the toil,” said Mr Omondi, who quit fishing to venture into rice farming. ....
THE STANDARD By James Wanzala | April 7th 2021 at 06:21:54 GMT +0300
One of the new Japanese made tractor ploughing the rice field in Mwea during the demonstration on Wednesday 10,2021.(James Wanzala,Standard. Rice farmers in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kirinyaga County, are set to enjoy cheaper and efficient agricultural machinery, thanks to two Japanese firms Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) and Karasawa Agricultural Machinery Service Company Ltd. Speaking during a demonstration of the three types of ploughing tractors and a combined harvester in the county recently, Mikio Oyama, Project Manager, Port Projects and Logistics Business Division at MOL, said they only brought five machines for demonstration purposes first. ....
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