A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, sitting in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A rice farming couple sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

A rice farming couple and their youngest daughter sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

A mother and child holding hands. 

A woman farmer washing her hands in an irrigation canal in the rice fields before joining the others for a lunch break. 

A farmer woman drying rice in the sun outside her house in Ahero. 

A young girl preparing a meal for herself and her brother during the lunchbreak from school. 

A double handful of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

A private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring their rice after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

FAO Programme Officer Dr Paul Omanga standing in a rice field used soley to produce locally-grown seeds to cut down on costs. In the past, farmers recieved their seeds from Mwea, incurring high transp 

Bags of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

A bucket of rice seedlings from a nursery for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Bags of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

Women taking a break from transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings (in bucket) from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Bags of rice in a storage facility in Ahero. 

A market in Ahero specializing in the sale of beans, maize and rice. 

Women transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will grow for 120 to 130 days, until harvest.