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Africa needs non-GM green revolution to boost foodReuters AfricaAfrican countries should use the best results of conventional breeding and “modest”, or non-transgenic, biotechnologies to boost crop yields and make plants resistant to increa…

Proactive Investors USA & CanadaFeronia completes largest single rice planting in CongoProactive Investors USA & CanadaFeronia said it cleared 2000 hectares of land to plant two varieties of rice – NERICA-4 and NERICA-7 – on 1200 hectares. The operation was full mechanized, using John Deere and Massey Ferguson tractors, it

President Jammeh Applauds Citizens for ‘Proving Sceptics Wrong’Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkThose who cultivate nerica rice must take out good inputs for the next season before selling everything. But bad as the rainy season wa…

Fish & Rice Flourish Together In PaddiesTheFishSite.comPaul Kiepe, the Africa Rice Center’s representative for East and Southern Africa told SciDev.Net: “As fish catches are becoming smaller, [this approach] will be increasingly important for ensuring that food production provides people with enough …and more »

Kailahun, Pujehun to Employ Rice HarvestersMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkIt would be recalled that earlier this year, President Ernest Koroma through the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security donated over two hundreds bushels …