Nigeria Nigeria: Improved rice varieties in high demand, fetch better prices Florence Ugbem | September 13, 2021 It’s about 10 o’clock in the morning and the rice mills are clanking so loudly that it’s hard to hear […]
Nigeria Nigeria: Rice farmers benefit from keeping records Oladele Olaniyan | August 16, 2021 Luka Akolo smiles and joy spreads across his face. He is busy adding and subtracting different amounts so that he […]
Ghana Ghana: Rice farmers fail to control weeds due to influx of fake and substandard herbicides Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei | July 5, 2021 The weather is windy and the sky is partly cloudy, with signs of an early morning rain. Wearing his Wellington […]
Mali Mali: Changing their diet can help people with chronic illnesses find health Dioro Cissé | April 13, 2020 It’s midday and 55-year-old farmer Adama Tangara is in his field in Sognèbougou, a village in southwest Mali, 15 kilometres […]
Senegal Senegal: Rice farmers want to change the reputation of local rice Seydina Oumar Ndiaye | December 8, 2019 Ibrahima Ly is a big rice producer in northern Senegal, growing irrigated rice in the Senegal River Valley. But Mr. […]
Senegal Senegal: Competition in the rice market Hélène Boucher | April 14, 2019 Since the 1960s, rice has become widespread throughout teranga, the land of Senegalese hospitality. Here, rice is cultivated in three […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Rice farmers thrive thanks to good planting practices Mary Mwaisenye | February 17, 2019 It’s eight o’clock in the morning. Yohana Lyapa is just arriving at his rice field with a hoe in his […]
Madagascar Madagascar: Rice farmers ask gov’t to repair infrastructure after natural disasters Daniela Loberline | October 15, 2018 Mr. Haja painfully rises from his bed and staggers from the room. It’s three o’clock in the morning and he […]
Senegal Senegal: Consumers want local rice, but market complications make it hard to find Omar Bally Balde | October 1, 2018 Sliced onions, spices, and peppers fill a plastic bowl on a shelf in Seynabou Gaelle Diop Diongue’s kitchen. For today’s […]
Senegal Senegal: Consumers want local rice, but market complications make it hard to find Omar Bally Balde | June 18, 2018 Sliced onions, spices, and peppers fill a plastic bowl on a shelf in Seynabou Gaelle Diop Diongue’s kitchen. For today’s […]