Between June and August 2013 two organizations held the first large regional trainings SRI training in Central and Northern Benin. DEDRAS, a Christian NGO working in Northern Benin, conducted trainings for 160 farmers and six technicians in Banikoara, N’Dali and Parakou; CARDERE, the agricultural extension service of the Gov. of Benin, conducted trainings for 100 […]
Farmers explored and selected the best rice cultivation techniques, though Farmer Field Schools which were set up in each village. Traditional rice cultivation practices and cultivation techniques were tested according to the System of Rice Intensive growing (SRI). The best techniques have been identified on the basis of gross results. In total 333 rice farmers, […]
This article summarizes the evaluation of a new method for rice cultivation, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), by a group of 90 rice farmers in Benin. Between August 2009 and June 2012, a series of tests were conducted in two rice ecosystems on 32 plots. This farmer-conducted research focused on the new methodology’s agronomic […]