Realizing Africa's rice promise /

• Corporate Author: Africa Rice Center.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Rice > Africa.; Rice farming > Africa.; Sustainable agriculture > Africa.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Production.; Oryza.; Oryza sativa.; Crop yield.; Genetic diversity.; Genetic improvement.; Productivity.; Rice.; Sustainability.
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rice sector in Africa and the ongoing rice research and development activities in the region. Specific topics are classified under the following headings: overview of rice in Africa (chapters 1-4), rice genetic diversity and improvement (chapters 5-...

Table of Contents:

• Rice in Africa : an overview
• Rice genetic diversity and improvement
• Sustainable productivity enhancement
• Rice value chain development
• Working with rice communities
• Rice in Africa : looking ahead.