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 …
Archive for November, 2011
Nerica rice variety creates high hope among farmers – Financial Express Bangladesh
Nerica rice variety creates high hope among farmersFinancial Express BangladeshRAJSHAHI, Nov 12 (BSS): Nerica, a short duration and drought tolerant rice variety brought from Africa in 2009, has been found as tolerant in for the drought-prone Barind ar…
New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars exhibit different levels of post-attachment resistance against the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica.
New Phytologist (2011). Pages: 952-963. Mamadou Cissoko, Arnaud Boisnard, Jonne Rodenburg, Malcolm C Press, Julie D Scholes et al.• Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica are root parasitic weeds that infect the major cereal crops of sub-Saharan Africa c…
Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone – Awareness Times
Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra LeoneAwareness TimesIt is reported that farmers who are engaged in the multiplication and dissemination of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), have successfully participated in a farmer exchange visit to NERICA mul…
ICRISAT-led global team cracks pigeonpea genome
ICRISAT-led global team cracks pigeonpea genome From: icrisatco Views: 535 1 ratings Time: 08:22 More in Nonprofits & Activism