20th October 2021 (Story by the Presidential Library and Museum-Kenya)
Before maize became the most favorite food on many African dinner tables, rice was grown in abundance in many parts of the continent.
Rice is indigenous to Africa and Asia even though it has maintained its place as Β the number one staple food in the Asian world unlike on the African continent.
In Kenya, the history of rice cultivation in the pre-colonial era is not well documented but the cereal crop is an important part of the Kenyan diet.Β