CHAP Helps Reduce Spread of COVID-19 among Liberian Farmers using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Principles Robert Bimba, Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP)

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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 global health crisis is also affecting food security across Liberia and throughout Africa, CHAP has initiated ways of keeping the out-grower scheme farmers under the “Rice Investment for Empowerment” (RISE) program growing food during this crisis period in support of the Government of Liberia’s C-19 Food Security Plan through […]

Using system of rice intensification practices to mitigate climate change effects on rice production in Western Kenya

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The increasing impacts of climate change and the demand for food threaten the productive and service capacity of agro-ecosystems. Consequently, adoption of irrigation alternatives that enhance water use efficiency in crop production is vital. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) increases crop water productivity through intermittent wetting and drying of rice paddies, under specific soil […]

NIGERIA: Environment Smart Rice Farming

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From environheroes.com – August 17, 8:49 PM Climate-Smart Rice Farming and Environment Smart Rice Farming are being used interchangeably to refer to the system of rice farming that sustainably. Rice farming today is faced with several agronomic and environmental challenges related to the intensification of crop production. Deceleration in the growth of rice yields, soil depletion, growing water use, […]