Rice fields for producing locally-grown seeds which cuts down on costs. In the past, farmers recieved their seeds from Mwea, incurring high transport costs in the price. 

Rice fields for producing locally-grown seeds which cuts down on costs. In the past, farmers recieved their seeds from Mwea, incurring high transport costs in the price. 

Rice fields for producing locally-grown seeds which cuts down on costs. In the past, farmers recieved their seeds from Mwea, incurring high transport costs in the price. 

FAO Programme Officer Dr Paul Omanga standing in a rice field used soley to produce locally-grown seeds to cut down on costs. In the past, farmers recieved their seeds from Mwea, incurring high transp 

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

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

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

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

A sluice gate in the Bunyala irrigation scheme. The water comes from the Nzoia River to irrigate all the rice paddies in Bunyala. 

Recently transplanted rice seedlings. Seedlings remain in the nursery for 21 days before being transplanted into a field where they grow for 120 to 130 days before being harvested. 

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

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

Women farmers transplanting rice seedlings where they will remain for 120 to 130 days before being harvested. 

Pest management workers wearing protective gear surveying the rice paddies they have come to spray for pest and disease prevention. 

A man pedaling through the rice paddies. 

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

Pest management workers wearing protective gear surveying the rice paddies they have come to spray for pest and disease prevention. 

A farmer holding a fish he has found and killed in the rice paddie in an effort to prevent it disturbing the recently transplanted seedlings. 

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

The Bunyala irrigation scheme water pump. The water pump provides water from the Nzoia River to all the rice paddies in Bunyala.