[new] VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
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SRI-WAAPP Site Map Updated
SRI AFRICAMay 21, 20210 Comments
The project on Improving and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa (SRI-WAAPP) has had continued success promoting the introduction, adaptation and scaling up of SRI in Benin since January 2014. The updated 2016 map at right shows 62 SRI project sites throughout Benin. For more information on SRI in Benin, see the SRI-WAAPP project website and the SRI-WAAPP’s Benin page.
The System of Rice Intensification (Africa), Known as SRI- Africa -is agro-ecological methodology for increasing productivity of irrigated rice by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients. SRI originated in Madagascar in the 1980s and is based on the cropping principles of significantly reducing plant population, improving soil conditions and irrigation methods for root and plant development, improving plant establishment methods.
THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION: MEMOIRES OF AN INNOVATION