Focus is on food security and helping farmers by enhancing crop resilience and adapting to climate change.

Demand for corn, wheat and rice is due the diversification of the Kenyan diets.

Facility will make single variety rice known as Prairie Ronde Rice.

New import regulations likely to reduce feed wheat imports, increase demand for DDGS.

Country has seen planted area decline steadily since 2011.

Company plans to have 25,000 hectares planted by end of 2017, and produce 225,000 tonnes of rice.

Corn production forecast raised 6.1% for 2016-17.

This policy will lead to a decrease in the overall demand for other feed grains.

FAO Food Price Index rebounds, approaching two-year highs.

Crop forecast down 17 million tonnes from estimate for 2016-17.