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Kenya;s Kano rice farmers reap from new technology

Monica Awino spreads rice to dry before milling at Nyang'ande in Nyando, Kisumu County. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

NYANGANDE, KENYA: It is a sunny Friday morning, and Monica Awino spreads her rice in the sun to dry at her Nyang’ande home in Nyando, Kisumu County.

For over two decades, Awino had toiled and prayed for better harvest, in vain.

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