China to train Kenya rice farmers

China has offered to train Kenyan rice farmers in modern large-scale production techniques to raise their yield five-fold from the current 50 tonnes per acre. During President Uhuru Kenyatta's tour of the China National Rice Research Institute in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou, the Institutes management said that it was prepared to set up a model farm and research facility to assist Kenya meet its food security goals. President Kenyatta welcomed the offer, saying that close collaboration and partnership with China in rice production would boost Government's efforts of making Kenya self-sufficient