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 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 wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, standing 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 private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring their rice after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A mother and child holding hands. 

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. 

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

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 

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

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

A double handful 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. 

Left, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers and right, a woman farmer who has been selling and trading rice for 20 years, enjoying a break from work in the pr 

Farmers removing seedlings from a nursery to be transplanted into an operating rice paddy until harvest. 

A farmer pushing a wheel barrow full of rice seedlings 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.