Upgrading rice value chains: The role of policy sequencing

Like many other
African countries, Senegal was sorely hit by the rice price crisis of 2007 and
2008. However, in November 2008 — just 6 months after the global rice price
peak and in the wake of the government’s Grande Offensive Agricole pour la
Nourriture et l’Abondance (GOANA) to achieve self-sufficiency in rice by 2015 —
the price of local Senegal River valley (SRV) rice dropped sharply. 

Modernisation des chaînes de valeur du riz : le rôle du séquençage politique

À l’instar de bien d’autres pays africains, le Sénégal a
été gravement touché par la crise des prix du riz de 2007 et 2008.
Toutefois, en novembre 2008 – juste 6 mois après la flambée des prix
mondiaux du riz, et au démarrage de la Grande offensive agricole pour la nourriture
et l’abondance (GOANA) du gouvernement en vue de l’atteinte de l’autosuffisance
rizicole d’ici 2015 – les prix du riz

Poverty and its Determinants among Rice Farming Households in Nigeria

Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This study presented empirical findings on the poverty status and its correlates among the rice farming households in three selected states of Nigeria. The study utilized primary data collected in 2009 using multistage random sampling

Dr Papa Seck: There is absolutely no reason why Africa cannot feed itself

Declaring
that “food independence is the most crucial of all the independences and is
even more important than political independence,” Dr Papa Seck, Director
General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) stated, “There is absolutely no
reason why Africa cannot feed itself.”



Concerning
rice, which is now the most rapidly growing food source across Africa, Dr Seck expressed
his conviction

Dr Papa Seck : « Il n’y a pas de raison que l’Afrique ne nourrisse pas l’Afrique »

« Il n’y a pas de raison que l’Afrique ne nourrisse
pas l’Afrique simplement parce que l’indépendance alimentaire est la première
des indépendances. Elle est plus forte que l’indépendance politique, » a
déclaré Dr Dr Papa Seck, Directeur général du Centre du riz pour l’Afrique
(AfricaRice). « Les chercheurs doivent être au cœur de l’indépendance de
l’Afrique. »



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Effect of Abiotic Factors on the Incidence of African Rice Gall Midge, Orseolia oryzivora and its Parasitism by Platygaster diplosisae and Aprostocetus procerae

African rice gall midge (AfRGM), Orseolia oryzivora is one of the most damaging insect pests of lowland rice in Nigeria in the recent time, and could result in total crop failure in endemic areas. Of all the control measures adopted so far biological control is the most promising. Two parasitoids (Platygaster diplosisae, Hym: Platygastridae and  Aprostocetus procerae, Hym: Eulophidae) have been