Japan Emergency Rice Project benefits over 58,000 vulnerable rice farmers

The
Emergency Rice Project launched by AfricaRice with support from Japan in the
wake of the food crisis has been able to help a total of 58,226 vulnerable
farmers get access to quality seed and at the same time, to reinforce or
rebuild seed systems.





More
than 60% of the project countries have now a good starting seed capital for the
production of newly released varieties, including upland