Rice is Nice! Rice is set to become a major food staple in Africa, as urbanization and population growth has seen demand for rice grow rapidly over recent decades. The younger generation are eating more rice in place of traditional foods, for a number of reasons. Rice is easy to prepare, requires less energy to […]
Prof. Bancy Mati is the convenor and manager of the SRI-Africa knowledge portal. She ensures that information, publications and happenings in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) nexus in Africa is collated and uploaded on the website. Prof. Mati is credited with introducing SRI in Kenya in 2009. From humble beginnings, she worked diligently with […]
Over half of the world’s population depends primarily on rice (Oryza sativa L.) for food and livelihood security [1]. For most rural households in Sierra Leone, rice is both an essential food supply and a vital source of income. However, due to the unpredictability of climate change, diminishing soil fertility, and inefficient conventional methods, productivity […]
recommended to keep the paddy field soil moist by alternating between days of wetting and drying, which reduces water loss through evaporation and percolation. All these agronomic and water management practices aim to improve the productivity of cultivated rice. However, few studies have examined how Smart-valleys development and irrigation management practices affect the performance of […]
The Co-developing Innovations for Sustainable Land Management in West African Smallholder Farming Systems (COINS) project was established to address land degradation and challenges facing smallholder crop-livestock farming systems in semi-arid West Africa. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the project brought together six German and seven African partners to […]