Advancement in rice sector is increasingly becoming important to Kenya’s core strategies on poverty reduction and economic development. Rice is largely cultivated by smallholder farmers under such diverse production environments as irrigated and rain fed (upland and lowland) ecosystems. Owing to a rapid growth in consumption demand for rice, Kenya annually imports about 450,000 tons […]
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), originated from Madagascar is currently spreading all over the world as a special innovation to increase rice productivity by using fewer production inputs and consequently reducing production costs. In alignment with the Rwandan Government’s goal of achieving self-sufficiency in rice production, the SRI method was introduced in 2007 by […]
Introduction to the publication: Futakuchi K, Arouna A (eds) 2026. African Rice – The Under-Recognised Cultivated Rice Species and their Significance. Springer, Cham. pp. 268. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-22733-1. African rice (Oryza glarerrima Steud.), the other cultivated rice species than Asian rice (O. sativa L.), has various unique characteristics. But they have not been well recognized or […]