Hybrid rice in SRI to boost rice production in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali with support from CORAF through the FSRP

SRI AFRICA August 5, 2026 0 Comments

With climate change and declining yields undermining rice production in several regions of West Africa, CORAF is banking on a bold solution: the dissemination of hybrid irrigated rice varieties combined with the practice of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Commissioned by CORAF, the consortium formed by IER (Mali), INERA (Burkina Faso) and ISRA (Senegal) is implementing this […]

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WEST AFRICA: Using Earth Observation to Monitor Climate-Resilient Rice Production in West Africa

SRI AFRICA July 23, 2026 0 Comments

The European Space Agency  GDA Climate Adaptation and Finance (CA&F) consortium is working with the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) to co-design an Earth Observatory (EO) demonstrator for RICOWAS, an Adaptation Fund-financed project working with around 125,000 farmers across 13 countries to scale climate-resilient rice production in West Africa by promoting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). The […]

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Promoting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Ndoundour: An Agroecological Dynamic Led by Women

SRI AFRICA November 13, 2025 0 Comments

As part of the collaboration between the SRI-2030 initiative and Enda Pronat , a farmer field school (FFS) has been established in Ndoundour to experiment with and promote the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) . Led by women from the local Women’s Promotion Group (WPG) , this initiative marks a key step towards more ecological, economical, and productive rice farming. In Ndoundour, the Farmer Field […]

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