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Kenyan farmers abandon maize for rice

Farmers in Kakamega ounty have turned to rice farming after other crops like cane and maize failed to yield better returns and profit.

One such farmer is Justus Obadiah from Shitari village Bukura. Obadiah grows Nerika four (4) type of rice.

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