ProductionFood securityOryza glaberrima Steudel, one of the two cultivated rice species, originates from Africa where it has been grown for more than 3000 years. Rice is currently cultivated in rainfed upland and aquatic ecdoi:10.1007/978-3-319-47516-5_5Negussie Zenna...
can help reduce the need for costly food imports and/or relieve pressure on land conversion for agriculture10,11,18,19,20,21,22,23. In the case of rice in Africa, there is a clear opportunity for increasing production via intensification, given that average yield has remained largely stagnant...
Rice production in Africa has tended to be low-yielding, geographically dispersed, and uncompetitive against low-cost Asian imports, even when protected by high freight costs and substantial trade barriers. Skyrocketing prices in world markets in 2007-08 were a chock to African consumers, producers,...
Currently, domestic rice production in Africa meets about 60% of the continent’s demand. That import dependence places Africa in a vulnerable position. Without a substantial increase in rice yields, meeting future rice demand will require more rice imports, as well as conversion of wildlife habita...
2005. Development and Future prospects for rice research and production in Africa. Agronom��i�e��A�f�r�ic�a��in�e� 5 (special issue): 1-16.Kormawa, P.M., Keya, S. & Toure, A.A. 2005. Developments and future prospects for rice research and ...
III. WETLANDS: THE POTENTIAL RESOURCE FOR RICE PRODUCTION IN SSA IV. RICE SOIL RESOURCES V. AGROCLIMATIC ZONES AND RICE ECOSYSTEMS VI. RICE PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS IN SSA VII. RICE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS VIII. RICE INTENSIFICATION ISSUES AND THOUGHTS FOR THE ...
The serious economic and social strains caused by this have urged national leaders to address production deficits. The aim of this article is to analyse and discuss the drivers behind recent changes in rice production in Africa South of the Sahara, focusing on Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania ...
Currently, no book covers all aspects of rice production in the rice-growing areas of world. This book fills that gap by highlighting the diverse production and management practices as well as the various rice genotypes in the salient, rice-producing areas in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas...
This paper presents a dynamic model of land resource degradation and shifting rice cultivation in West Africa based upon Boserup and Dvorak. The model indicates the ex ante impact of research strategies to maximize the economic benefits of host plant resistance and land resource management and thereb...
Rice is the second most important food and commercial crop in Tanzania after maize. Tanzania is among the 25 countries that produce rice in Africa. The country targets to boost production from the 875,120 tons recorded in 2007-2008 to 1,750,240 tons in 2017-2018....