Scaling-up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia (Republic of the), Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo)

SRI AFRICA April 6, 2025 0 Comments

Rice is a staple crop that has been grown in West Africa for more than 3500 years, since the domestication of African rice (Oryza glaberrima). Produced by low-income smallholders across the entire region, rice plays a key role in regional food security for rural and urban populations. In recent years, increasing demand stemming from population […]

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Togo: Système de riziculture intensive adopté sur la ZAAP de Nano

SRI AFRICA March 27, 2025 0 Comments

Ce système de riziculture intensive (SRI) vise à améliorer la production de riz, en particulier pour les femmes, tout en réduisant les ressources utilisées. “La FAO et le gouvernement ont retenu le riz comme la culture principale pour notre initiative une culture, un pays que nous appelons OCOP. Donc pour le Togo, c’est le riz […]

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More than 500 women from the Savanes region (northern Togo) have benefited since Monday from training on the intensive rice farming system.

SRI AFRICA February 11, 2025 0 Comments

This intensive rice farming system (SRI) aims to improve rice production, particularly for women, while reducing the resources used. “FAO and the government have chosen rice as the main crop for our one crop, one country initiative that we call OCOP. So for Togo, rice is the main crop. That is why FAO chose the […]

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