Reduced Methane Emissions Rice Production Project in Northern Nigeria using Systems of Rice Intensification (SRI).
Nigeria is the largest producer and consumer of rice in Africa. The country produces about 5 million metric tonnes of rice against a demand of 6.8 million metric tonnes per annum. About 90% of the rice is grown on paddies by resource-constrained smallholder farmers. Rice paddies contribute about 15-20% of total global anthropological methane emissions, […]
