Togo: Système de riziculture intensive adopté sur la ZAAP de Nano
Ce système de riziculture intensive (SRI) vise à améliorer la production de riz, en particulier pour les femmes, tout en réduisant les ressources utilisées. “La FAO et le gouvernement ont retenu le riz comme la culture principale pour notre initiative une culture, un pays que nous appelons OCOP. Donc pour le Togo, c’est le riz […]
SRI Breakthrough launches in Cameroon
The mission of SRI-2030 is to scale up SRI and the complementary agroecological farming practices around it. The challenge, as so often, is not what to do, but how to bring about change at scale and speed. This is why we’re partnering with organisations and governments across Africa that are already engaged in this work. […]
Modern Irrigation in Tanzania: A Key to Sustainable Agriculture
Tanzania is making significant strides in modern irrigation systems to boost agricultural productivity and ensure food security. The Umwagiliaji wa Kisasa Unawezekana! (Sehemu ya 06) session held on February 2, 2025, hosted by Agribusiness East Africa, shed light on the importance of advanced irrigation techniques and policies that can drive agricultural transformation in the country. Revolutionizing Irrigation […]
Long-Term Evaluation of Crop Production Systems Based on Locally Available Biological Inputs in India
Crop production systems that require chemical fertilizers, pesticides, machinery for tillage, and irrigation water, being input-intensive, present challenges for long-term sustain- ability, especially as climate change creates new constraints. Agricultural practices should be both regenerative to sus- tain their productivity and resilient so as not to succumb to stresses. In countries like India, current production […]
NIGERIA: FG Organises SRI Training for 20 Extension Workers on Rice Production
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) held a two-day “train the trainers’ programme” on rice production in Kano for 20 extension workers that is intended to enhance yield and mitigate the effects of climate. Organised in collaboration with SRI-2030, the training included frontline extension workers from five states – Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, […]
SRI Tanzania Project shows promising results in improving farmer livelihoods
SRI Tanzania Project shows promising results in improving farmer livelihoods Smallholder farmer MS Athumini Iddy Mkangamo from Kilombero district speaking with NIBIO’s CEO Ivar Horneland Kristensen at SRI Tanzania’s annual meeting which took place in Morogoro on January 13th 2025. Photo: Ragnar Våga Pedersen Two years in, the SRI Tanzania project has made a significant […]
Using system of rice intensification practices to mitigate climate change effects on rice Production in Western Kenya
The increasing impacts of climate change and the demand for food threaten the productive and service capacity of agro-ecosystems. Consequently, adoption of irrigation alternatives that enhance water use efficiency in crop production is vital. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) increases crop water productivity through intermittent wetting and drying of rice paddies, under specific soil […]
Lowering Nitrogen Rates under the System of Rice Intensification Enhanced Rice Productivity and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Irrigated Lowland Rice
Among the essential plant nutrients, nitrogen (N) is the most important and universally deficient in rice cropping systems worldwide. Despite different practices available for improvement of N management, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is still very low in rice, particularly under conventional management practices. This study was conducted to assess the effect of two crop management […]
More than 500 women from the Savanes region (northern Togo) have benefited since Monday from training on the intensive rice farming system.
This intensive rice farming system (SRI) aims to improve rice production, particularly for women, while reducing the resources used. “FAO and the government have chosen rice as the main crop for our one crop, one country initiative that we call OCOP. So for Togo, rice is the main crop. That is why FAO chose the […]
Shattering the rice ceiling: Lonah Okumu’s 41 years in rice farming
What you need to know: Lonah, a 63-year-old Kenyan farmer, transformed from a housewife to a successful rice farmer over four decades. Through education and adoption of innovative farming techniques, she increased her yields significantly, improving her family’s livelihood and educating her seven children to university level. Her success has inspired other women in her community to […]
Are we ready for the rice revolution?
A revolution is not just a matter of state policy, quack attraction, forming committees or documenting scripted essays full of tantalising theories and rhetorics. It does not just occur but it is created, more of holistic implementations of pragmatic strategies for achieving a gigantic goal. Accordingly, the National Treasurer of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria […]
CSIR-SARI showcases SRI technology to scale up climate-resilient rice production
Botanga (N/R), Dec 27, GNA – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has held a day’s visit for farmers at Botanga in the Kumbungu District to showcase its System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology and potentials of recently released Rice Varieties. The field day was to determine the efficiency, and […]