Rice is the second most important staple cereal, after maize. Second National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS-2) aims to increase milled production in Kenya from 128,000 tons in 2018 to 846,000 tons by 2030. Key strategies for achieving the target includes building resilience (R) in domestic production and supply, promoting industrialization (I) of value chain activities, […]
Africa Institute of Corporate Citizenship has expressed satisfaction with the Resilient and Sustainable Livelihood Transformation (Result) project which has helped farmers to boost their production in rice value chain. The project seeks to implement interventions towards developing effective and just food systems and sustainable livelihoods through strengthening the rice multi-stakeholder partnerships with specific focus on […]
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 […]