Scaling-up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia (Republic of the), Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo)

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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 […]

Improving and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa

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Between June and August 2013 two organizations held the first large regional trainings SRI training in Central and Northern Benin. DEDRAS, a Christian NGO working in Northern Benin, conducted trainings for 160 farmers and six technicians in Banikoara, N’Dali and Parakou; CARDERE, the agricultural extension service of the Gov. of Benin, conducted trainings for 100 […]

Togo: Agriculture : Des nouveaux mécanismes d’accompagnement agricole pour pérenniser la production vivrière. [SRI included in govenment entrepreneurial framework system called Champs Écoles Agriculteurs (CEA) in Togo

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L’agriculture a toujours été une partie intégrante du développement socioéconomique au Togo. Pour relever les défis de ce domaine tant prisé et accompagner au mieux les producteurs et agriculteurs, le gouvernement a mis en place des des dispositifs d’encadrements entreprenariales, dénommés, Champs Écoles Agriculteurs (CEA), afin d’apporter une meilleure maîtrise des bonnes pratiques de production […]