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Young farmer turns rice fields into business empire

Agriculture, Business, Innovation, Kirinyaga In Mwea’s Wamumu Ward, Kirinyaga County, a young woman is planting more than crops by sowing a vision for economic independence and youth-led innovation through farming. Felistar Nyakio, a Jomo Kenyatta University graduate in Business Administration, defied expectations by walking away from the hunt for the elusive white-collar jobs and instead […]

In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?

By Kaori Kaneko Summary JOETSU, Japan, July 4 (Reuters) – For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively high and steady. Now, under an ambitious agricultural policy announced this year, Tokyo is preparing […]