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Uganda: blazing a trail to rice success

Uganda—widely known as “the pearl of Africa” for its exquisite natural beauty, diverse flora and fauna, and rich mosaic of cultures— is attracting attention today as a potential rice basket for eastern Africa. Over the last few years, Uganda has been experiencing a remarkable rice boom supported by...

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Climate-smart rice for Africa

COLD-TOLERANT rice variety nominated as ARICA10 by Africa Rice Breeding Task Force. “The best adaptation to climate change is a breeding and seed system...

An interview with Peinda Cissé, Senegal’s mother of modern rice farming

(Photo: R. Raman, AfricaRice) The rice connection I was born in Saint Louis, which is located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal...

Banking on Africa’s rice potential

(Photo: R Raman, AfricaRice) The 3rd Africa Rice Congress, held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in October 2013, emphasized the need to invest in the modernization...

Cameroon: Central Africa’s potential rice granary

Exclusive showroom for rice of the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA) in Ndop, Cameroon. (Photo: R. Raman, AfricaRice) The Republic of Cameroon...

Giving an edge to young African researchers

Young Africans, such as Mounirou Sow from Niger, who have been trained in the AfricaRice biotechnology laboratory are dedicated to applying molecular breeding...

Women of war turn to rice in Burundi

(Photo: Sophie Clayton) Burundi is a small landlocked country in Central Africa.Longstanding tribal conflicts in the country broke out into a civil war...

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