Indica rice in the African uplands

Asian rice (Oryza sativa) includes tropical japonica and indica. For years, farmers and scientists alike have not grown indica varieties on the dryer uplands of West Africa, assuming that indica varieties were poorly suited there. AfricaRice scientist Dr. Kazuki Saito spent five years in Laos doing his PhD research. As in Africa, most of the farmers in Laos did not apply fertilizer, and they