For decades, hundreds of farmers at the Ahero irrigation scheme and its environs have relied on rice farming as their sole source of livelihood. But the farmers are now unhappy with the practice, saying that a government gazette notice issued in July 2025, permitting the duty-free importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of grade one white rice, continues to hurt local rice producers.
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