LBDA Managing Director CPA Wycliffe Ochiaga addressing the press/Photo Courtesy

LBDA banks on farmer training, mechanisation, bonus model to boost rice production

The Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) is banking on mechanisation, farmer training and a new bonus model to raise local rice production across Lake region. According to the authority, the initiative also aims to shield farmers from middlemen who have for years exploited growers. Speaking recently Managing Director CPA Wycliffe Ochiaga said the authority is…

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NIA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eng. Charles Muasya addressing the press/photo by Fredrick Odiero

NIA woes developing partners to expand rice production in West Kenya

The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) is wooing development partners for a multi-billion shilling partnership aimed at revitalizing and expanding rice production in Western Kenya. This emerged during a high-level tour of Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Kisumu County by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Dr. Akihiko Tanaka, who was in the country to assess ongoing…

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