Ahero rice farmers 60-year quest for market lingers

Farmers dry their paddy rice at Ahero Irrigation scheme. Rice farmers at the scheme are now stuck with their commodity due to lack of market. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Six decades after the establishment of the Ahero Irrigation Scheme, farmers are still struggling to find a stable market for their produce.

Ahero, which gets its Irrigation water from River Nyando, currently has a total acreage of 4,768 from the initial acreage of 2, 168 at its inception in the 1960s.