Kenya to kill weaver birds estimated to be six million that ravaging rice plantations in Lake Victoria Basin
The report indicates that about 800 acres of rice, most of it at panicle initiation and early harvesting stages are under immediate threat, with farmers already reporting heavy losses.
Machine to slash rice production cost in central Kenya and Lake Victoria Basin
Peterson Gicobi from National Irrigation Authority said the machine saves time as it takes human labour almost the whole day to transplant for an acre while the machine could accurately do it within an hour.