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Agency sets aside Sh100m to buy rice from Nyanza farmers

The Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) Chairman Odoyo Owidi (in blue long sleeved shirt) with Government officials tour the Kimira Oluch Smallhoder Farm Improvement Project (KOSFIP) in Homa Bay county. The LBDA has set aside Sh100 million for boosting rice production in two irrigation schemes in Nyanza region. [PHOTO:JAMES OMORO]

Rice farmers in Homa Bay and Kisumu counties will now have a ready market for their produced in a move aimed at increasing production.

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