[NAIROBI] Two new varieties of hybrid maize that are resistant to the deadly parasitic Striga weed have been developed by a Kenyan scientist.
Archive for May, 2013
Rice-based farming systems in Madagascar
AfricaRice posted a photo: A farmer planting potato after the rice crop. The fields were prepared manually, only using hand hoe Photo credit : K. Senthilkumar, AfricaRice
Q+A: Maintaining tree genetic diversity
The invisible extinction of forest genetic resources: Can trees survive?
“Trees are highly diverse genetically,” said Laura Snook of Bioversity International during her keynote presentation at CIFOR’s Sustainable forest management in Central Africa conference in Yaoundé last week.
Ankazomiriotra, Upland hub, Madagascar
AfricaRice posted a photo: Traditional method of rice threshing in Madagascar Photo credit : K. Senthilkumar, AfricaRice