from Oryza:
A Japanese company will develop new nitrogen and
water-efficient, and salt resistant, rice varieties for small scale
farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) under a new deal with the
Nairobi-based African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF).
The
joint effort aims to boost rice production in the SSA region, including
countries such as Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda, where a
majority of rice farmers are smallholders of rice fields. According to
ATTF executive director nitrogen deficiency and drought are major
hurdles in improving rice yields in upland SSA, while salinity is
affecting several rice producing regions in Africa.
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