RICOWAS, the largest SRI scaling-up project to date, will be implemented over four years in 13 West African countries, starting in January 2023. RICOWAS can be considered a follow-on project to the SRI-WAAPP project, which was implemented from 2014-2016 and reached 50,048 farmers growing rice using the SRI method at 1,088 sites on 13,944 hectares […]
Conventional cultivation of krain krain — a popular green leafy vegetable (Corchorus) — starts with the broadcasting of seeds randomly on raised beds (mounds) or on flat land with high seed density (direct seeding), with manure added from backyard compost or FYM. Harvesting the crop is by uprooting the whole plant, so it is done […]
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 […]