Importance of rice to Africa Rice is grown in 40 African countries Over 35 million smallholder rice farmers are engaged in rice production The continent doesn’t produce enough rice for consumption Africa imports 32% of world rice, about 15 million tons/year Demand for rice is growing at over 6% per […]
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a package of practices that changes how rice is grown in paddies, which incredibly increases yields. Rather than fully flooded paddy systems, SRI involves among its practices, the alternate wetting and drying of paddies which saves water, use of less seeds, wider crop spacing, transplanting one seedling per […]
A plate of rice! What could that mean to you? To many it may be one of staple food easily available and simple to cook. But for generation X people born from 1965 to 1980 in rural areas in Tanzania there, it is a different story altogether. To them rice was more than food when […]