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Benefits of mwea tebere irrigation scheme

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Benefits of Mwea Tebere Scheme
a) Saving the country foreign exchange by contributing most of Kenya’s rice production.
b) Providing income to farmers, traders etc. which alleviates poverty and raises the living standards.
c) Provided land to thousands of landless.
d) Reservoirs created have helped in controlling flooding.
e) Improvements of infrastructure as roads have
been built to transport rice from the fields to market.
f) Provision of social amenities such as schools and hospitals which have improved the people’s standard of living.
g) Provision of employment to many people in farms, local mills and trading.