Le Smart-valleys est une approche de dévelop- pement de bas-fonds pour des systèmes de pro- duction rizicole en Afrique sub-saharienne, ba- sée sur une démarche participative, durable et à faible coût. Elle a été développée par le Centre du riz pour l’Afrique (AfricaRice) et ses partenaires de recherche, en 1997 et 2001 au Ghana et […]
West Africa has had an impressive economic growth in the past two decades, with economic growth rates at above 5% between 2000 and 2014 (Africa’s Development Dynamics 2018)1. Yet it is uneven as Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire represent 85% of regional Gross domestic product (GDP). High informality, increasing inequalities and poverty also undermine growth […]
This article summarizes the evaluation of a new method for rice cultivation, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), by a group of 90 rice farmers in Benin. Between August 2009 and June 2012, a series of tests were conducted in two rice ecosystems on 32 plots. This farmer-conducted research focused on the new methodology’s agronomic […]