NERICA, Planting Rice in the Driest Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa Rice Center helped develop New Rice for Africa or NERICA rice variety for
planting in Sub-Saharan Africa’s dry-lands.Rice is a staple food in Africa, its growing importance is evident in the food security planning
policies of many countries, and West Africa is the major contributor to rice production in Africa.
In 1992 the Africa Rice Center with benefactors, notably CGIAR, Gatsby Foundation, IFAD, Japan, Rockefeller Foundation, UNDP and World Bank began work on cultivating a new rice species.
AfricaRice developed a new breed of rice with desirable traits tailored to growing in the African climate. The new variety New Rice for Africa or NERICA now has 18 different varieties suitable for the upland (dry-land) rice ecology of sub-Saharan Africa.
Rice is a staple food in Africaand its growing importance is evident in the food security planning policies of many countries. There are 39 rice-producing countries in Africa attempting to meet the needs of the continent but farmers fall s…
In 1992 the Africa Rice Center with benefactors, notably CGIAR, Gatsby Foundation, IFAD, Japan, Rockefeller Foundation, UNDP and World Bank began work on cultivating a new rice species.
AfricaRice developed a new breed of rice with desirable traits tailored to growing in the African climate. The new variety New Rice for Africa or NERICA now has 18 different varieties suitable for the upland (dry-land) rice ecology of sub-Saharan Africa.
Rice is a staple food in Africaand its growing importance is evident in the food security planning policies of many countries. There are 39 rice-producing countries in Africa attempting to meet the needs of the continent but farmers fall s…