Read Full Document Here.. Agriculture development is indispensable for poverty reduction and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Among other crops, rice is considered one of the most important and promising crops to achieve a Green Revolution similar to Asia, which lead to a drastic increase in paddy yield due to the diffusion of modern […]
“I’ve been a farmer all my life. I had not received any training in agriculture and only used my local knowledge, ” says Yohana Zablon (63), a smallholder farmer from Njage Village in Morogoro, Tanzania. “A few months ago, I was approached by some members of Tupendane Youth Group in our village, who had just […]
The system of rice intensification (SRI), advocates new ways of rice cultivation which challenges farmers’ knowledge and skills to the extent that they are required to learn, experiment and integrate new principles to suit their specific needs and agro-ecological conditions. This study was conducted to evaluate farmers’ appropriation to SRI; first, a survey was conducted […]