Rice farmers eye better yield with hybrid seeds

Grace Okello at her rice farm in Bunyala. [Olivia Odhiambo, Standard]

When she ventured into rice farming more than ten years ago, Grace Okello was optimistic that the crop would be the game-changer to transform her economic fortunes.

And like the other farmers, she focused on the local seeds that most farmers in Bunyala and its environs have always relied on.