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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the staple food and being the most important ingredient of the food basket for most nations in Asia. The declining productivity of rice and its availability of per capita is therefore a policy concern. Nevertheless, the production of rice in Malaysia is primarily implemented by adopting the conventional technique. This […]

To meet future food needs, it is very important to increase productivity while reducing factors used for production such as land and water. One potentially promising technology for yield enhancement is the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar in the mid-1980s. It was developed unconventionally and is now recognized and implemented in over […]

The System of Rice Intensification, known as SRI, is an innovation in rice production systems by raising productivity of the land, labor, water and capital. SRI is a set of modified practices for managing rice plants and the soil, water and nutrients. SRI can produce more paddy yield with less external inputs. Furthermore, SRI is […]

Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) has officially unveiled the Scaling Up Climate Resilience Rice Production project in West Africa, known as RICOWAS, aligning with President Bio’s vision for FEED SALONE. Arouna Rashid Kamara, the Deputy Director of SLARI, highlighted that this project, funded by the Adaptation Fund and executed by the Sahara and Sahel […]

CONTEXT: Zamfara State is impoverished due to low agricultural productivity, inadequate infrastructure, and insecurity. Research has explored System of Rice Intensification (SRI)’s agronomic benefits but not its monetary and non-monetary advantages for rural households in the State. OBJECTIVE: The study investigates the effectiveness of a best-bet SRI (BB-SRI) as a poverty alleviation strategy in Zamfara […]

Conservation Agriculture (CA) and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) are both agroecologically-oriented production systems that support more productive, sustainable, and resource-conserving farming, with synergies arising from their respective assemblages of reinforcing agronomic methods. This review article examines the compatibility between CA and SRI, considering examples of their being utilized in complementary ways. The application […]

Conservation Agriculture (CA) and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) are both agroecologically-oriented production systems that support more productive, sustainable, and resource-conserving farming, with synergies arising from their respective assemblages of reinforcing agronomic methods. This review article examines the compatibility between CA and SRI, considering examples of their being utilized in complementary ways. The application […]

The Goundam and Dire circles in the Timbuktu region are among the most food-insecure areas in Mali (CSA, 2005). Due to the very low annual rainfall (150–200 mm), recessional agriculture is practised along river branches, ponds, and lakes seasonally flooded by the Niger River. The intensity of the flooding determines the amount of land under […]

The time is ripe to pursue a Green Revolution in rice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a means of promoting food security and poverty reduction. This is partly because rice is an up-and-coming crop in this region, and partly because, as will be demonstrated in this volume, we have now accumulated deep knowledge about rice […]

In East Africa, rice is fast becoming an important food and cash crop with a per capita consumption range of 11 to 16 kg per person per year (USDA, 2010). In Kenya, the crop introduced in 1907, is grown in all rice production ecologies. National rice consumption is estimated at 300,000 metric tons compared to […]

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The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a set of good practices that introduces a new way of farming rice to smallholders. By using less seed, land and water, the new system significantly increases yields in most cases, but at the same time intensifies work requirements at some stages. The remarkable results obtained by farmers […]