Here’s a film about the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa. The scientist who speaks there is Marco Wopereis, the Deputy Director General of AfricaRice. Dr Wopereis blogs at Reflections on Rice R&D in Africa, where he doesn’t yet have many followers but he’s just got another one.
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very interesting, thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. This followed some discussion that you and I had on this blog yesterday, where you suggested that rice-growing in Africa might be a small industry. Indeed it’s so, I learned today, but according to Dr Wopereis it’s increasing. Apparently some African rice farmers use an irrigated paddy system but others grow rain-fed rice.
I just hope that they don’t make the same mistake Australia did of using ancient aquafers to grow rice for export, leaving them with the current water shortage.
Oh my, I hadn’t heard that story about Australian history.
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