More than 60% of the area in India is cultivated under arid and semi-arid conditions. Nevertheless these provide around 40% of the food production. Farmers are exposed to harsh agro-climatic conditions, as they have to cultivate shallow and poor soils …
Archive for June, 2011
Mozambique gets new designer rice
Mozambicans will soon get to buy and try locally grown rice developed especially to meet local consumer preferences.
Pioneering project launched to boost quality rice production in Africa
A pioneering project to enhance the quality and marketability of locally-produced rice through improved harvest and postharvest technologies in eight pilot countries of West and East Africa has just been launched by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)….
Lancement d’un projet phare pour booster la production du riz de qualité en Afrique
Un projet phare pour améliorer la qualité et la commercialité du riz produit localement à travers des technologies améliorées de récolte et de post-récolte dans huit pays pilotes en Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Est vient d’être lancé par …
Rice is competitively produced in sub-Saharan Africa
Despite the potential, there was not sufficient support from national governments for the production of domestic rice in the past since it was believed to lack comparative advantage vis-à-vis imported rice, though evidence from empirical studies have repeatedly indicated that rice is competitively produced in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). <?xml:namespace prefix