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 […]
Food security is a longstanding challenge facing Africa. Food is indispensable for all, and food security is one of seven main categories of human security (UNDP 1994). Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goal2 aims to target “By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including […]
Rice is the second most important staple cereal, after maize. Second National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS-2) aims to increase milled production in Kenya from 128,000 tons in 2018 to 846,000 tons by 2030. Key strategies for achieving the target includes building resilience (R) in domestic production and supply, promoting industrialization (I) of value chain activities, […]
Africa Institute of Corporate Citizenship has expressed satisfaction with the Resilient and Sustainable Livelihood Transformation (Result) project which has helped farmers to boost their production in rice value chain. The project seeks to implement interventions towards developing effective and just food systems and sustainable livelihoods through strengthening the rice multi-stakeholder partnerships with specific focus on […]