In 2003, Dr. Peng Jimeng, deputy director of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center introduced hybrid varieties and SRI methods in Guinea. In 2012, a Peace Corps Volunteer and her colleague from the National School of Agriculture and Livestock (ENAE) in Lower Guinea attended a three-day SRI workshop that was held in […]
SRI was first introduced into The Gambia in 2000 in conjunction with thesis research undertaken by a Cornell University PhD student, Mustapha Ceesay, who was formerly director of the National Agricultural Research Institute station at Sapu, The Gambia. SRI results reported in his 2004 dissertation ranged from 5.4 to 8.3 t/ha depending on variety and spacing. Ceesay, […]
Field Experiment was carried out in summer seasons of 2014 and 2015 at the Experimental Farm of Rice Research Section, El Gemmiza Agricultural Research station, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. The study was conducted to determine the response of three rice genotypes (Sakha 106, Giza 179 and Hybrid 3), two types of fertilization (chemical and compost fertilization), […]