The hills of Rwanda are once again alive with the sound of farmers singing as they harvest...
Breeding and improvement
In view of the severe lack of capacity in rice production,which is throttling the development of Africa’s...
On the Danyi plateau in Togo, villagers still bless newly-wed couples by sprinkling rice grains over their...
For Glégnon Codjo, a smallholder ricefarmer in Benin, climate change is not a matter of debate. It...
In sub-Saharan Africa, rice is one of the most significant crops—as both a food and cash crop....
New rice varieties have revolutionized rice production around the world. Despite devastating stresses attributed to climate change,...
“The next agricultural revolution will be driven by advances in plant genetics.” This was the reverberating message...
Rice production in Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, rice is a very important staple and cash crop. In...
Compared with other West African countries such as Mali and Senegal, which have been growing rice for...
