Lead farmer, Knox Alumbi, said rice growing is new to the area and would take time to convince people to grow their own rice. He said while some members of the community have made some attempt to growing the crop, many challenges have been faced due to the lack of basic skills required to growing rice.
A team from the National Agriculture and Research Institute (NARI) paid a brief visit to Aiya LLG. Alumbi told them it would be helpful if proper training on basic rice growing is provided including introducing appropriate rice varieties suitable for the local environment.
