New Sahelian rice varieties bred by AfricaRice and its partners released in Mali and Senegal

Three varieties
developed through collaboration between the AfricaRice Sahel Station and the
Institute d’Economie Rurale (IER) Mali have been released in Diré in the
Tombouctou Region of Mali. WAS 62 (WAS 62-B-B-14-1-4-2), WAS 49 (WAS 49-B-
B-9-1-4-3) and WAS 197 (WAS 197-B-6-3-11) were selected through the
participatory varietal selection (PVS) approach.



The varieties were
released at a