Ensuring food security by enhancing rice value-chain Benin (PARCR)
Farmers explored and selected the best rice cultivation techniques, though Farmer Field Schools which were set up in each village. Traditional rice cultivation practices and cultivation techniques were tested according to the System of Rice Intensive growing (SRI). The best techniques have been identified on the basis of gross results. In total 333 rice farmers, women in majority, have taken part in the Farmer Field Schools, but not regulary.
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