The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a package of practices that changes how rice is grown in paddies, which incredibly increases yields. Rather than fully flooded paddy systems, SRI involves among its practices, the alternate wetting and drying of paddies which saves water, use of less seeds, wider crop spacing, transplanting one seedling per […]
L’agriculture a toujours été une partie intégrante du développement socioéconomique au Togo. Pour relever les défis de ce domaine tant prisé et accompagner au mieux les producteurs et agriculteurs, le gouvernement a mis en place des des dispositifs d’encadrements entreprenariales, dénommés, Champs Écoles Agriculteurs (CEA), afin d’apporter une meilleure maîtrise des bonnes pratiques de production […]
A plate of rice! What could that mean to you? To many it may be one of staple food easily available and simple to cook. But for generation X people born from 1965 to 1980 in rural areas in Tanzania there, it is a different story altogether. To them rice was more than food when […]