Hybrid rice in SRI to boost rice production in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali with support from CORAF through the FSRP

SRI AFRICA August 5, 2026 0 Comments

With climate change and declining yields undermining rice production in several regions of West Africa, CORAF is banking on a bold solution: the dissemination of hybrid irrigated rice varieties combined with the practice of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Commissioned by CORAF, the consortium formed by IER (Mali), INERA (Burkina Faso) and ISRA (Senegal) is implementing this […]

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Cameroon: [presentation] mplementation of the NRDS and lessons learned: Climate ambitions and actions for the rice sector; one of the three priority areas for convergence between food systems, biodiversity and the climate agenda in Cameroon

SRI AFRICA July 29, 2026 0 Comments

RICE VALUE CHAIN Rice production (irrigated & rain-fed) with smallscale producers, intensive rice cultivation system, reduction of methane emissions, climate adaptation with varieties suited to irrigation and drought, rice-fish farming (rice + fish), digital agriculture, development of new rice-growing areas [view the presentation here: 5_Ag-3_5_CMR_EN_GM10_final] Cameroon has a national system for the annual evaluation of […]

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Opportunities for water saving with higher yield from the system of rice intensification

SRI AFRICA July 29, 2026 0 Comments

The system of rice intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar, is showing that by changing the management of rice plants, soil, water and nutrients it can increase the yields of irrigated rice by 25–50% or more while reducing water requirements by an equivalent percent. This gives farmers incentive to reduce their irrigation water use when growing […]

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