Rice at mwea is still expensive ... i don't see the reason why we are importing cheap rice from Thailand etc .....where is galana kulalu irrigation scheme .....
We are importing rice because we only grow 20% of the total rice that is currently consumed in the country. Even with Thiba dam, we will only get to around 35% production. We will still need to expand other rice schemes especially in Western and Nyanza to bridge the gap. That means more dams for the other rice schemes; massive investments. Until then, we will still need to import. The same applies for wheat, sugar and maize. Even USA with vast tracks of land, still import these same commodities in large scale from South America.
@@saimzmuiruri That's half the truth but on the grand scheme of things commodity such as rice not being a staple food should not experience such turbulence in the national food chain. Skewed govt policies, graft and meagre investment in agriculture are the actual reasons for such price fluctuations. TUWACHE SIASA ZA UPUZI and be patriotic enough foe the country!
Its expensive due to extremely high production cost. Producing rice in 1 acre costs over 50K just to get 30 high quality Pishori bags. You can actually get over 60 bags when you plant other lower quality types of rice by the way. If you lease land, add over 60K to the cost of production. But no other rice can surpass pishori's quality for sure
@@simonmurimi9856 Thanks for those stats. How much will the increased water availability (from Thiba) and the recently introduced hybrid rice seeds influence the cost of production?
@@saimzmuiruri Constant supply of water will lead to increased rice productivity. Without water, one cannot harvest anything. In fact, there will be 2 planting seasons. Currently, there is only one season (plagued with issues of water scarcity especially during dry seasons)
Great piece... We hope this dam will be blessings to the farmers and Kenya at large.
Good and very informative documentary. I had no idea about mwea but this educates us on rice growing in Kenya.
Very nice work 👍 well documented work.Thanks for keeping us updated.
best channel for updates # kenyan historian thumbs up
Upgraded to a 4K laptop..really enjoying the crisp video!! cheers.😎
Plekwa approved
Good work!...
Well done piece. Quite a project.
Good work Sikolia
Enok nice documentary.
Could you do an update on the Thwake Dam?..greetings from within +254 and around the world 🌎
I am working on it.
Ati Handshake stopped gova from working hehe ! Uhuru killing em softly!
Question will the water be used for irrigation alone or both domestic and water for drinking
Irrigation mainly.
Rice at mwea is still expensive ... i don't see the reason why we are importing cheap rice from Thailand etc .....where is galana kulalu irrigation scheme .....
We are importing rice because we only grow 20% of the total rice that is currently consumed in the country. Even with Thiba dam, we will only get to around 35% production. We will still need to expand other rice schemes especially in Western and Nyanza to bridge the gap. That means more dams for the other rice schemes; massive investments. Until then, we will still need to import. The same applies for wheat, sugar and maize. Even USA with vast tracks of land, still import these same commodities in large scale from South America.
@@saimzmuiruri That's half the truth but on the grand scheme of things commodity such as rice not being a staple food should not experience such turbulence in the national food chain. Skewed govt policies, graft and meagre investment in agriculture are the actual reasons for such price fluctuations. TUWACHE SIASA ZA UPUZI and be patriotic enough foe the country!
Its expensive due to extremely high production cost. Producing rice in 1 acre costs over 50K just to get 30 high quality Pishori bags. You can actually get over 60 bags when you plant other lower quality types of rice by the way. If you lease land, add over 60K to the cost of production. But no other rice can surpass pishori's quality for sure
@@simonmurimi9856 Thanks for those stats. How much will the increased water availability (from Thiba) and the recently introduced hybrid rice seeds influence the cost of production?
@@saimzmuiruri Constant supply of water will lead to increased rice productivity. Without water, one cannot harvest anything. In fact, there will be 2 planting seasons. Currently, there is only one season (plagued with issues of water scarcity especially during dry seasons)