Tag Archives: NERICA

Tailoring rice varieties to consumer preferences induced by cultural and colonial heritage: Lessons from New Rice for Africa (NERICA) in The Gambia

Maintaining and expanding NERICA’s market share will require breeders to incorporate trait mixes that reconcile agronomic gains and consumer preferences...

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution

Seed growers turn Anambé into a valley of prosperity ...

The rice man of Africa

Monty Jones with the plaque presented to him at the Africa Rice Center’s inaugural lecture in his honor. (Photo: R. Raman)       With...

In search of new seeds

It is said that if you want to be a good gardener you should always sow three seeds: one for the bugs, one for the weather, and one for yourself. But if...

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