2015-10-122015-10-122009Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (). KARI Mwea Research Highlights 2009. p.13 KARI.http://kalroerepository.kalro.org/handle/0/13701Rice and Fibre crops provide employment to majority to rural families in Kenya. They are becoming very important as far as KARI Strategic Plan (2009-2014) and the Vision 2030 are concerned. They play a vital role in providing food security, income and raw materials for industrialization in food processing and textile industries.enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Book17CropsRainfallTemperatureBreeding