Senegal – Road to Senegal’s rice self-sufficiency
The country’s government is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2017
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The country’s government is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2017
The Government’s rice production scheme will stop the massive importation of rice in Nigeria, in the next three years.
Rice harvest in region reached all-time high last year. Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria aim for self-sufficiency.
Research on golden rice began in the 1990s as an effort to develop a type of rice that could counter malnutrition.
An increased consumption of brown rice translates to a multiplier effect on the take-home incomes of our farmers.
The Philippines, the world’s No. 3 rice buyer, regularly imports more than a million tonnes a year of the food staple to meet demand from its growing population.
The new electronic dryer is five times faster than the old kerosene dryer.
The Aquino administration is sticking to its drive for rice self-sufficiency, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said in a briefing.
Roehlano Briones, an economist at the Philippine Institute of Development Studies, said the surging prices are a result of increased local production to meet the country’s rice supply requirements.