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…
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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…
Rice becomes Uganda’s most popular food crop – government – Daily Monitor
Rice becomes Uganda’s most popular food crop – governmentDaily MonitorBy MARTIN SSEBUYIRA (email the author) He introduction of the Nerica rice specie that is friendly to humid environments has led to the crop’s popularity. Rice has b…
Capacity building
Building the capacity of organizations and individuals so that they can carry out their work effectively and efficiently is an integral part of the majority of AfricaRice projects. For many years, the agricultural sector has been under-resourced in sub…