The Telegraph–It was not involved in the NIAB’s quantum leap, which was due to conventional breeding techniques. Nor was it involved, to give an example from Prof Conway’s book, in developing new varieties of African rice, called Nerica, whic…
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Lutte contre la malnutrition : le riz enrichi en fer et zinc bientôt dans nos assiettes
NEWSMADA–Un atelier entrant dans le cadre de cette initiative a effectivement eu lieu hier à l’hôtel Colbert Antaninarenina. Des représentants des ministères de l’Agriculture et de la Santé publique, le Centre national de recherche appli…

Benin starts feeling the cost of rice pests
Thomsan Reuters Foundation–AfricaRice has developed techniques now being introduced to farmers to help them reduce pests in rice stocks. Togola says that technologies for impregnating jute packaging with insecticide are being tested and the sprea…

AfricaRice : Addressing the gender dimensions of rice research and development
How do men and women rice farmers respond to the impacts of climate change, particularly relating to safeguarding food security and livelihoods? In sub-Saharan Africa, rice is primarily a women’s crop in the rainfed upland and lowland ecologies. They…

Addressing the gender dimensions of rice research and development
How do men and women rice farmers respond to the impacts of climate change, particularly relating to safeguarding food security and livelihoods? In sub-Saharan Africa, rice is primarily a women’s crop in the rainfed upland and lowland ecologies. They…
