The official launch of the RICOWAS project « Scaling up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa », took place this morning, January 18, 2023 in Bamako. The project is financed by the Adaptation Fund (AF) and implemented by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) with the collaboration of the Regional Center of Specialization on Rice, […]
Location: Timbuktu Region, Mali Northern Mali’s Timbuktu region is one of the most food insecure regions in the Sahelian nation. Agriculture depends on the floodwaters of the Niger River and highly variable rainfall that averages less than 200 mm per year. Annual rice yields average less than one ton per hectare, and irrigated rice yields […]
Cette technique contribuera en 10 ans à l’augmentation de 10% de la production nationale de riz. Ce qui profitera à 244.962 producteurs/productrices pour un coût estimé à 14 milliards de Fcfa. Le Centre des innovations vertes pour le secteur agro-alimentaire de la GIZ Mali (CIV/GIZ-Mali), a fait hier la promotion du Système de riziculture intensive […]