The group led by upcoming woman rice farmer Eileen Iambul planted four hectares with Trukai’s support on a pilot basis.
Trukai rice project manager Humphrey Saese said from the four hectare land, she made her fist harvest and sold it back to Trukai, a process set by the company to ensure a complete supply chain on rice development in the country.
Saese said 19 tonnes of rice was purchased at 90t per kilo of milled rice.
Trukai CEO Greg Worthington-Eyre presented a dummy cheque of over K10 000 for the pioneer harvest.