Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces multiple problems. The main one is improving the lives of
the 30% of its population that suffers from extreme poverty and food insecurity. As more than …

Ongoing increases in the human population necessitate that rice will continue to be a critical
aspect of food security for the twenty-first century. While production must increase in the …

The existing literature on the relationship between property rights in land and agricultural
investment in Africa has given results that are often confusing and contradictory. I make two …

Water resources are essential to human development processes and to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and …

For nearly 30 years, technologies for more sustainable land use have been developed and
promoted in Rwanda. However, these technologies have not been fully adopted. Kee** in …

The dissemination of improved rice varieties could contribute significantly to achieving food
security and reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study assesses the number …

With an estimated surface area of 190 M ha, inland valleys are common landscapes in
Africa. Due to their general high agricultural production potential, based on relatively high …

CONTEXT Although rice production has increased significantly in the last decade in West
Africa, the region is far from being rice self-sufficient. Inland valleys (IVs) with their relatively …

This article investigates the impact of technical intervention on the adoption of a set of
improved rice production technologies, as well as on productivity and profit for smallholders …

The identification of technological and policy interventions allowing to improve the
performance of Beninese rice systems is necessary to reduce the heavy dependence on rice …