'The elephants raid our crops and destroy water tanks. Many of us depend on farming to survive,' a community elder near the Mwea reserve tells Anadolu 'It’s not that we don’t love the elephants — we ...

Kenya has recorded a substantial surge in local rice production under the administration of President William Ruto, driven by ...

The Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) will buy more than 60,000 bags of Mwea rice held by farmers as part of a ...

A farmer at the Mwea irrigation scheme attending to her rice paddy. She fears her harvested crop could be of low quality due to the recent Elnino rains in Kirinyaga County. [Photo by Munene ...

Whenever one hears of Mwea, a town situated on the Embu-Nairobi Highway in Kirinyaga County and about 98 kilometres from Nairobi, what comes to mind is the rice farming associated with the area. What ...

MWEA, Kenya — As a helicopter hovers close to an elephant, trying to be as steady as possible, an experienced veterinarian cautiously takes aim. A tranquilizer dart whooshes in the air, and within ...

• Rice farmers in Mwea, Kirinyaga County are celebrating a bounty harvest thanks to the ratoon training program launched by Yara East Africa • Rice in the country is practised in 23 counties but can ...

The construction of the Sh16 billion Thiba dam, which is set to increase rice production by over 100,000 tonnes in Kenya is set for completion in December. National Irrigation Authority (NIA) says the ...

New varieties and government investments in rice growing has seen production rise by 51.7 percent in Mwea with farmers taking home Sh3.5 billion representing a 94.4 percent rise compared to 2017. The ...

Police are investigating a tragic incident in Mwea after a woman and her husband were found dead. Heartfelt tributes have ...