WAAPP Enters Final Stretch
One of West Africa’s largest agricultural projects in modern history is about to enter the fin...
Increasing Hybrid Rice Production in West Africa
Technical experts of about 20 rice seed companies are expected to be trained on the production and m...
World Bank Satisfied with CORAF’s Implementation of WAAPP
The World Bank has expressed its satisfaction with the state of implementation of the West Africa A...
“Senegalese Farmers Now Buying Less Rice”
Yields barely lasted three months for rice-producing households of Ngoungoul, a village located abou...
Farmers talk about SRI in Timbuktu, Mali
Ten years ago, in 2008, I spent most of the rice cropping season near Timbuktu in Mali, working with...
Mali : Rainy Season Tomatoes now Possible
Ba Issa Traore is a market gardener in San, a city located about 437 km northwest of Mali’s capita...
Mali : SRI increasing Incomes
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is helping bring rural farmers closer to food self-sufficie...
Research Hubs to Assess Progress Towards Excellence
Actors of nine West Africa agriculture research hubs are meeting in Saly, Senegal to assess progress...
“West Africa Rice Must be Able to Compete with Imported Rice,” Dr. Abdoulaye Touré
Increasing production may be one of the solutions to achieving rice self-sufficiency as desired by m...
CORAF Joins New Global Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
A new global research program on grain legumes and dryland cereals (GLDC) has been launched in Add...