2006

April

Karantaba tukulor komping nafforeh harvest rice
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
The Kompin "Nafforeh" women's group of Karantaba Tukulor in Sami District CRD, last week harvested one hectare of the newly imported Nerica Rice. ...

There is an alternative
Le Monde Diplomatique - Paris,France
... risks from bad harvests. One example is the recent success of the pluvial rice Nerica in West Africa. This cross between African ...

March

Introducing the New Rice for Africa (Nerica)
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
Therefore, one of the main staple foods mostly grown in the country since decades, Nerica, needs to be discussed as it contributes immensely to the development ...

A boost for farmers
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
... Also, the success of NERICA project throughout the country indicates that The Gambia is striving towards food self-sufficiency, in particular rice production. ...

The Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers: Dissemination of ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... yen (approximately 1,370,000 dollars), through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for the dissemination of NERICA (New Rice for ...

Women's Act to be amended ...VP Njie-Saidy
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
... These, she said, included the launch of the sensitisation programme and a NERICA RICE epileptic test which was done yesterday by invitees; a women of ...

February

Ejura-Sekyedumase assembly inaugurates tractors
Gye Nyame Concord - Ghana
... 1,500 farmers, the agricultural transformation in the Afram Plains Basin of the Millennium Challenge Account for poverty reduction and the Nerica Rice Project.

ECOWAS gets humanitarian unit
The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria
... The focus of the programme was on areas where the continent had comparative advantage such as cassava and Nerica rice production, he said. ...

Research innovations in Africa and Asia hold promise for rural ...
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) - Rocklin,CA,USA
... In West Africa, agricultural research has led to the introduction of new rice varieties referred to as New Rice for Africa, or NERICA, combining the ruggedness ...

International Community Helps Sierra Leone's Food Sufficiency ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... The chairman of the Bonthe sensitization meeting confirmed reports that Farmers Field Schools in Bonthe District experimented the new Nerica rice species ...

Status of food security and prospects for agricultural development ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... Though there have been some pockets of success in African agriculture such as NERICA Rice, high yielding caAfricava varieties, etc., the goal of food security ...

January

AGRICULTURE : Agric minister takes stock of achievement
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... of 81,505 R-Boxes to the 36 States and FCT at 50% subsidy; Production of 4.92 mt of breeder seeds and 25.23mt of foundation seed stage 1 of NERICA I and 12.6mt ...