Published at: 03/25/2024 – 08:08 / Updated at: 03/25/2024 – 08:20 JK ARTICLE BYJUDOEMUE M. KOLLIE — Launches 12.5 hectare rice harvest It was amazing for many to know that rice grows very well in an urban community like the Zubah Town urban agricultural project, which is situated in Du-port Road, Paynesville. Last week, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in […]
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 […]
The System of Rice Intensification, or SRI, is an agro-ecological and climate-smart rice production methodology that allows farmers to produce more grain using less seed and water, and fewer purchased inputs. Unlike other agriculture strategies, SRI does not rely on infrastructural projects, new varieties or fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides to raise yields. Instead, SRI is […]