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, 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. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A mill worker processing rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

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

Rice being processed at a private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring the rice harvest for processing and sale. 

Sacks of rice for sale in the private rice mill in Ahero, after having been processed. 

Farmer women drying rice in the sun in Ahero. 

Sacks of rice for sale in the private rice mill in Ahero, after having been processed. 

A private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring their rice after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A woman farmer washing her hands in an irrigation canal in the rice fields before joining the others for a lunch break. 

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 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.