The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) has facilitated a cross-regional learning visit for rice farmers to the Tono Irrigation Scheme as part of efforts to strengthen climate-resilient agriculture and boost rice productivity in northern Ghana. The initiative forms part of the Scaling Up of Climate Resilient Rice Production Practices in West Africa (RICOWAS) project, a […]
MONROVIA – Wethungerhilfe (WHH) Liberia, in partnership with its national implementing partner, the Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP), has officially launched the Climate-Resilient Rice Production in Grand Gedeh and Montserrado Project, following a successful three-day inception workshop held January 28–30, 2026, at the Corina Hotel in Monrovia. The workshop brought together government institutions, development partners, […]
Abstract : The relative failure of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Madagascar reveals a deep-seated societal paradigm: a systematic preference for short-term security at the expense of promising long-term investments. Invented by Malagasy farmers in the 1980s, SRI has shown remarkable performance in over 50 countries (yield gains of 30-100%, water savings of 40%), […]