Lowering Nitrogen Rates under the System of Rice Intensification Enhanced Rice Productivity and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Irrigated Lowland Rice

SRI AFRICA February 13, 2025 0 Comments

Among the essential plant nutrients, nitrogen (N) is the most important and universally deficient in rice cropping systems worldwide. Despite different practices available for improvement of N management, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is still very low in rice, particularly under conventional management practices. This study was conducted to assess the effect of two crop management […]

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More than 500 women from the Savanes region (northern Togo) have benefited since Monday from training on the intensive rice farming system.

SRI AFRICA February 11, 2025 0 Comments

This intensive rice farming system (SRI) aims to improve rice production, particularly for women, while reducing the resources used. “FAO and the government have chosen rice as the main crop for our one crop, one country initiative that we call OCOP. So for Togo, rice is the main crop. That is why FAO chose the […]

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Shattering the rice ceiling: Lonah Okumu’s 41 years in rice farming

SRI AFRICA January 29, 2025 0 Comments

What you need to know: Lonah, a 63-year-old Kenyan farmer, transformed from a housewife to a successful rice farmer over four decades. Through education and adoption of innovative farming techniques, she increased her yields significantly, improving her family’s livelihood and educating her seven children to university level. Her success has inspired other women in her community to […]

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