Advancement in rice sector is increasingly becoming important to Kenya’s core strategies on poverty reduction and economic development. Rice is largely cultivated by smallholder farmers under such diverse production environments as irrigated and rain fed (upland and lowland) ecosystems. Owing to a rapid growth in consumption demand for rice, Kenya annually imports about 450,000 tons […]
Food security is a longstanding challenge facing Africa. Food is indispensable for all, and food security is one of seven main categories of human security (UNDP 1994). Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goal2 aims to target “By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including […]
Rice is the second most important staple cereal, after maize. Second National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS-2) aims to increase milled production in Kenya from 128,000 tons in 2018 to 846,000 tons by 2030. Key strategies for achieving the target includes building resilience (R) in domestic production and supply, promoting industrialization (I) of value chain activities, […]