Out in the fields, women farmers feel the effects of climate change – on their bodies and harvest

Women perform a bulk of the labour-intensive work of rice cultivation. Extreme weather increase their efforts and ...
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Rice farmers concerned after new diseases have impacted yield

Fred Zaunbrecher has been a rice farmer for 40 years. He says he’s not foreign to Louisiana's warm and moist climate, which is conducive to the growth of bacteria or fungus. "We had dry weather for ...
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Rice farmers at the Coast get new skills, expect to produce more

Coast rice farmers, Kalro officers and Kopia Kenya Centre’s Ji Gang Kim at Kalro Mtwapa on Tuesday /BRIAN OTIENORice farmers at the Coast have received a boost with new skills and rice variety that ...
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Farmers’ group urges government to hike rice tariffs

A leading farmers’ group yesterday urged the government to take swift action on raising rice import tariffs, warning that it ...