Africa

Scaling high-yield rice variety in Kenya: Placing farmer cooperatives at the helm

Scaling high-yield rice variety in Kenya: Placing farmer cooperatives at the helm

October 16, 2024

by Shilomboleni, Helena; Murori, Rosemary; Njau, Simon; Musila, Ruth; Panchbhai, Ajay; Menge, Daniel; Ismail, Abdelbhagi; and Connor,...

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Seeding a Sustainable Future: How Youth and Women Quality Centers are Transforming Uganda’s Seed Landscape

Seeding a Sustainable Future: How Youth and Women Quality Centers are Transforming Uganda’s Seed Landscape

October 15, 2024

by Allan Bomuhangi (IRRI), Jummai O. Yila (IRRI), Eileen Nchanji (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT), and...

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Breeding rice for salinity tolerance and salt-affected soils in Africa: A review

Breeding rice for salinity tolerance and salt-affected soils in Africa: A review

May 6, 2024

by Nafeti Titus Mheni, Newton Kilasi, Fergie Ann Quiloy, Maria Cristina Heredia, Atugonza Bilaro, Joel Meliyo, Shalabh...

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Do rice farmers have knowledge of greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies? New evidence from Nigeria

Do rice farmers have knowledge of greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies? New evidence from Nigeria

March 19, 2024

by Esiobu Nnaemeka Success, Björn Ole Sander, Jauhar Ali et al. The greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from...

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Flood-tolerant rice for enhanced production and livelihood of smallholder farmers of Africa

Flood-tolerant rice for enhanced production and livelihood of smallholder farmers of Africa

January 29, 2024

by Lupakisyo Mwakyusa1, Shalabh Dixit, Max Herzog, Maria Cristina Heredia, Richard R. Madege , and Newton Lwiyiso...

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Status quo and challenges of rice production in sub-Saharan Africa

Status quo and challenges of rice production in sub-Saharan Africa

October 9, 2023

by K. Saito, K. Senthilkumar, E. R. Dossou-Yovo, I. Ali, J-M. Johnson, G. Mujawamariya, and J. Rodenburg...

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What is in a label? Examining the influence of cultural and colonial heritage on preferences and willingness to pay for local and international rice labels in Senegal

What is in a label? Examining the influence of cultural and colonial heritage on preferences and willingness to pay for local and international rice labels in Senegal

July 7, 2023

by Kofi Britwum and Matty Demont At a time when policymakers in several countries across sub-Saharan Africa are...

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The importance of market signals in crop varietal development: Lessons from Komboka rice variety

The importance of market signals in crop varietal development: Lessons from Komboka rice variety

September 19, 2022

by Mary Ng’endo, MaryLiza Kinyua, Lourine Chebet, Samuel Mutiga, Joseph Ndung’u, Oliver Nyongesa, Simon Njau, Ajay Panchbhai,...

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From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: Reaping the promise of functional genomics research

From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: Reaping the promise of functional genomics research

August 19, 2022

To enhance crop production in a sustainable manner, Green Super Rice (GSR) was proposed as a new...

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Integrated strategies for durable rice blast resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

Integrated strategies for durable rice blast resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

August 27, 2021

First reported in sub-Saharan Africa in 1922, rice blast has become the most devastating and widespread disease...

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