Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has enormous potential for developing and increasing rice production. There is tremendous scope for developing rainfed lowland rice areas, augmenting the area under irrigation, and raising yield levels in farmers’ fields thro…
Archive for May, 2011
Suffisamment de terres, suffisamment d’eau
L’Afrique subsaharienne (ASS) dispose d’un grand potentiel pour développer et augmenter la production rizicole. Il existe de grandes possibilités pour mettre en valeur les zones de bas-fonds rizicoles, augmenter la superficie irriguée et accroî…
Science reaps rewards for smallholder farmer
Science reaps rewards for smallholder farmer ICRISAT’s contribution to smallholder farmers From: icrisatco Views: 128 0 ratings Time: 03:30 More in Science & Technology
Connecting sorghum farmers to markets in Kenya (Reuters Alertnet)
Failing rains and growing markets cause a shift to sorghum.
Making biocontrol options more accessible to African farmers-Aflasafe
In this interview, Dr. Peter Cotty, a research plant pathologist with Agricultural Research Service, USDA Department of Plant Sciences University of Arizona spoke extensively on his partnership with IITA scientists on the impact of Biocontrol options f…