Led by the Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with GIZ-Mali, the 10-year strategy targets a production increase from 3 million tonnes to 5.5 million tonnes of paddy rice. MALI – The Malian government has unveiled a US$24.4 million initiative to nearly double the nation’s rice production by 2030. Dubbed the National Program for Scaling Up […]
USAID’s Integrated Initiatives for Economic Growth in Mali project (known as IICEM) works to stimulate economic growth by increasing agricultural productivity, improving linkages to markets, and facilitating rural finance. Among five selected value chains, IICEM works with rice in the northern regions of Mopti, Timbuktu and Gao in irrigated systems, and in the southern region […]
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 […]