A woman farmer holding rice seedlings ready for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Women taking a break from transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings (in bucket) from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Farmers removing seedlings from a nursery to be transplanted into an operating rice paddy until harvest. 

A farmer woman drying rice in the sun outside her house in Ahero. 

Women transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will grow for 120 to 130 days, until harvest. 

A bucket of rice seedlings from a nursery for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Left, a woman rice farmer and right, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers, enjoying a break from work in the private rice mill in Ahero. 

Left, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers and right, a woman farmer who has been selling and trading rice for 20 years, enjoying a break from work in the pr 

Left, two female rice farmers and right, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers, enjoying a break from work in the private rice mill in Ahero. 

A farmer preparing the land, using an ox-plough, for the transplantation of rice seedlings from a nursery. 

A farmer removing seedlings from a nursery to be transplanted into an operating rice paddy until harvest. 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A rice field, ready for harvest within a few months. 

A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, sitting in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, standing in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A double handful of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

Farmers removing seedlings from a nursery to be transplanted into an operating rice paddy.