New rice varieties have revolutionized rice production around the world. Despite devastating stresses attributed to climate change,...
Breeding and improvement
“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...
It takes, on average, 2,500 liters of water (by rainfall or irrigation) to produce just 1 kilogram...
Geographically, Ethiopia’s vast land area—1.12 million square kilometers—is defined by the Great Rift Valley system, which cuts...
“Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that has seen...
Unique to Africa, rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) has become the continent’s most rapidly spreading disease of...
The 26th session of the Council of Ministers of the Africa Rice Center (WARDA), held in Abuja,...
The signs are ominous across West Africa. The price of rice is rising and, consequently, a...
