RICOWAS, the largest SRI scaling-up project to date, will be implemented over four years in 13 West African countries, starting in January 2023. RICOWAS can be considered a follow-on project to the SRI-WAAPP project, which was implemented from 2014-2016 and reached 50,048 farmers growing rice using the SRI method at 1,088 sites on 13,944 hectares […]
Rice is a staple crop that has been grown in West Africa for more than 3500 years, since the domestication of African rice (Oryza glaberrima). Produced by low-income smallholders across the entire region, rice plays a key role in regional food security for rural and urban populations. In recent years, increasing demand stemming from population […]
PARTAGER Le Centre de formation à la mécanisation agricole de Grand-Lahou (CFMAG), situé dans le Sud ivoirien, a abrité du 1er au 5 avril 2024 un séminaire international de formation des formateurs en riziculture. Ce séminaire, organisé par l’Agence nationale d’appui au développement rural (ANADER), a réuni 45 experts de la sous-région. Il s’inscrit dans […]