Realizing Africa's Rice PromiseMarco C S Wopereis, David E Johnson, Nourollah Ahmadi, Eric Tollens, Abdulai Jalloh CABI, 16.10.2013 - 480 Seiten At a time when Africa's food security stands threatened, Realizing Africa's Rice Promise provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research and recommendations for dealing with future challenges. With contributions from the key scientists working on rice in Africa, this volume addresses policy, genetic diversity and improvement, sustainable productivity enhancement, innovations and value chains. The book is useful for researchers, policy makers, agricultural ministries, donors, regional and sub-regional organizations, non-governmental development organizations and universities. |
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SECTION 2 RICE GENETIC DIVERSITY AND IMPROVEMENT | 69 |
SECTION 3 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT | 188 |
SECTION 4 RICE VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT | 294 |
SECTION 5 WORKING WITH RICE COMMUNITIES | 343 |
LOOKING AHEAD | 390 |
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