Nice rice wins a prize
Farmers in West Africa prefer local rice varieties for their taste and adaptability to local pests, drought spells and soil conditions. However, these varieties hardly yield enough to cover home consumption, let alone a surplus to sell at the market. A breakthrough in trying to combine good traits of African rice with their Asian relatives has won the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), in Côte d Ivoire, the 2000 King Baudouin Award. The New Rice for Africa (NERICA) produces up to twice as much grain as the current popular varieties and is more resistant to stresses in African fields. WARDA/ADRAO 01 BP 2551, Bouaké 01, Côte d Ivoire Fax: +225 31 63 47 14 Email: warda@cgiar.org
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2001
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46127 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99595 |
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