Liberia: Over 100 Farmers Benefit from CHAP’s Exchange Visits
More than 100 local farmers from RiverCess and Grand Bassa Counties have benefited from a four-day Farmers Exchange Visit Program organized under the Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP). The initiative, implemented by CHAP with support from Concern Worldwide and Irish Aid, aims to strengthen food security and improve rice production in Liberia through the […]
Smart farming is Africa’s best hope in a broken climate
The land I loved as a child is dying – but smart farming could save rural Africa from hunger and climate collapse. A farm worker at a farm in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2025. © Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoWhen I was a boy growing up in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape, springtime didn’t arrive with a date […]
Liberia: Rivercess and Grand Bassa Farmers Urge CHAP, Concern Worldwide to Sustain Agriculture Project
Over 188 local farmers from Rivercess and Grand Bassa Counties are appealing to the Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP) and Concern Worldwide to continue their farming support initiative, which they say has significantly improved their livelihoods. Speaking in an interview, the farmers emphasized that since the intervention of CHAP and Concern Worldwide—backed by Irish […]
Spreading the system of rice intensification across East and Southern Africa
Rice is the staple food for many countries across the developing world, particularly in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It fulfils the food energy needs of around half of the world’s population. 1 In sub-Saharan Africa, where 93 per cent of farm land is rain-fed, rice is a good crop alternative due to its ability […]
Sustainable Rice Farming: Unlocking Nigeria’s Potential with System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Traditional rice-growing practices in Nigeria contribute to water scarcity and greenhouse gas emissions. Continuous flooding of rice fields leads to inefficient water use and exacerbates environmental problems, including methane emissions and climate change. There is an urgent need to switch from these conventional practices to more sustainable alternatives, such as the System of Rice Intensification […]
Kyari pushes climate-smart agriculture to drive food security, growth
Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has called for greater adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, saying they hold the key to boosting food production, creating jobs and accelerating economic growth across Africa. Speaking at a COP30 side event during the Africa Food Systems Summit 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, Kyari said Nigeria’s agricultural transformation […]
Comparison of Yields of Paddy Rice Under System of Rice Intensification in Mwea, Kenya
The world population continues to grow fast, leading to an increased need for more food production. With the growing scarcity in water resources, there is an ever-greater challenge of sustainably producing more food to meet the food demand. Rice is the foremost staple food for about 50% of theworld’s population and is currently the food […]
Event: The SRI Global Research Network Webinar Series #6
The theme of this webinar is “Cyanobacteria: Revisiting their Role as Nutrient Enriching and Resource Conserving Options under SRI/SCI” Date and Time: Tuesday, 14 October 2025 09.00 – 10.30 New York, USA (GMT-4) 14.00 – 15.30 London, UK (GMT+1) 18.30 – 20.00 New Delhi, IN (GMT+5:30) 20.00 – 21.30 Jakarta, IDN (GMT+7) Speaker:Radha Prasanna (ICAR-IARI, India) […]
TANZANIA: NATIONAL RICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PHASE II (NRDS II) 2019-2030
Tanzania’s commitment to address the food and nutrition security issues is well re ected in the Long Term Perspective Plan, National Five Year Development Plan, National Agriculture Policy 2013, Tanzania Agriculture Food Security Investment Plan, and Agricultural Sector Development Plan Phase Two. ese national and sectoral development frameworks envisage the agriculture sector growth of […]
Senegal: Promoting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Ndoundour: An Agroecological Dynamic Led by Women
Quick Access September 30, 2025 As part of the collaboration between the SRI-2030 initiative and Enda Pronat , a farmer field school (FFS) has been established in Ndoundour to experiment with and promote the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) . Led by women from the local Women’s Promotion Group (WPG) , this initiative marks a key step towards more ecological, economical, and productive rice farming. […]
The system of rice intensification (SRI) for super-high yields of rice in Sichuan Basin
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a new technique for rice culture. The main features of this system are: transplanting of young seedlings singly in a square pattern with wide spacing, using organic fertilizers and hand weeding, and keeping the paddy soil moist during the vegetative growth phase. Significant phenotypic changes occur in plant […]
An analysis of the adoption of the “system of rice intensification” (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar
To combat food insecurity in Madagascar, organizations have promoted the Système de Riziculture Intensifiée (SRI), or System of Rice Intensification, an agroecological rice-growing technique. However, despite its many benefits, adoption remains low (and disadoption remains high) in Madagascar. To better understand these dynamics, we use data from two surveys of 328 rice farming households in […]