Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)A CGIAR research center and
pan-African association of member countries
Importance of rice in SSAFastest growing food staple:Demand growing at > 6% per year – faster than any other food stapleStrategic for food security: Most important energy source in W Africa & Madagascar and 2nd most important in AfricaImpact on economies: Local production covers about 60% of demand (imports per year at >US$ 5 billion)Important for women: Main labor force in SSA’s rainfed ecologies (sowing to processing & marketing)Viable career for youth:The rice sector can employ many of the 17 million young people who enter SSA’s job market.Huge potential:Africa has resources to produce enough quality rice to feed itself and to export
Rice trends in SSAIndicator 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Production (million t)
8,357 10,497 11,655 12,829 12,195 12,489 13,158 14,464
Consumption (million t)
16,978 17,758 19,644 21,456 22,786 24,438 25,529 26,098
Imports (million t)
8,446 7,291 8,196 9,136 11,942 11,840 12,545 12,620
Average yield (t/ha of milled rice)
1.04 1.22 1.33 1.40 1.38 1.35 1.35 1.35
Self-sufficiency ratio in SSA (%)
0.50 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.55
Source: USDA data
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• Rice imports into Africa showed signs of stabilization at about 8 million tons before 2010
• But resurgence of high rice imports since 2011
Imports
• AfricaRice and partners have developed a strategic plan (2011-2020) to boost rice production in SSA
• This plan was approved by AfricaRice Council of Ministers in 2011.
• The Strategic Plan is being implemented with many partners across the research to development continuum.
• Vision: increase rice self-sufficiency ratio to almost 90% in 2020 leading to a reduction in imports of about 5 million t per year
AfricaRice 2011-2020 Strategic Plan
Brief history of AfricaRice• 1970: Created as West Africa Rice Development Association
(WARDA/ADRAO) by 11 African countries • 1987: HQ established in M’bé, near Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire• 2004: HQ temporarily relocated to Cotonou, Benin, due to Ivorian crisis• 2009: Name changed to “Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)” by Council of
Ministers• 2013: Total of 25 member countries across Africa• Mar 2015: Board decides to return HQ to Côte d’Ivoire in phases • Sep 2015: Management & support services begin operations from new
HQ building in Abidjan (offered by Ivorian Gov.)• July-Sep 2016: 1st wave of scientists to return to M’bé• 2017: 2nd and final wave of scientists to return to M’bé
Vision and priorities• Vision
– A pan-African center of excellence for rice research, development and capacity strengthening
• Priorities– Strengthening partnerships– Developing capacity of rice value chain actors, including youth and
women– Adopting innovation platform (IP) approaches in rice value chain– Improving access of rice producers to markets– Integrating rice science in the policy agenda of countries – Increasing investments in research for development of the rice
sector
Key role• Produces international public goods (knowledge,
technologies and policy advice) relating to rice for Africa• Provides technical support and advises member States on
critical rice production and marketing issues• Builds capacity through rice task forces• Concentrates R&D efforts in rice hubs set up across Africa • Mobilizes global knowledge through Global Rice Science
Partnership• Promotes uptake of research products through links with
development activities• Holds largest rice collection in Africa (more than 19,620
accessions)
Organogram
Locations
BENIN
NIGERIA
COTE D’IVOIRE
TANZANIA
SENEGAL
SENEGAL
MADAGASCAR
LIBERIA & SIERRA LEONE
Mechanisms adopted by AfricaRice
Global Rice Science PartnershipThematic task forces
Rice sector development hubs
Multi & Bilateral Donors
Policy makers
Govt/Public Extension
NGOs
Farmer associations
Task Forces Rice Sector Development Hubs
Dev. partners
Policy
Gender
Processing & Value Addition
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Consumers
Retailers
Wholesalers
Millers
Processors
Creditors
Farmers
Seed producers
Input suppliers
Mechanization
Agronomy
Breeding
Scalable innovations along the rice value chain
Achievement highlights: varieties> 200 improved rice varieties released in last 30 years in Africa:• High-performing and climate-smart ‘ARICA’ varieties
– ARICA 1 to ARICA 5: About 15-30% higher yield than NERICAs– ARICA 6 to ARICA 11: Stress-tolerant (iron toxicity, cold, salinity) high-yielding
• Popular ‘NERICA’ varieties• Area under upland NERICAs : 1.4 million ha in 2013. • NERICA adoption has lifted about 8 million people out of poverty in 16 countries
• High-yielding ‘Sahel’ varieties for irrigated ecologies• In Senegal, average yield increased by 872 kg per ha and incomes by $227 per
cropping season. Present value of net benefits of Sahel adoption $ 24.6 million• Hybrids
• More than 50 hybrids developed by AfricaRice show 15-20% yield advantage compared with inbred check. Two hybrids selected for release in Senegal in 2016. New set of hybrids being tested in several countries..
Some mega varieties
Variety name Ecology Yield (t/ha) Aroma ARICA 1 Lowland 6.0
ARICA 3 Lowland 7.8
ARICA 5 Upland 3.8NERICA 1 Upland 4.5NERICA 4 Upland 4.5NERICA 6 Upland 4.5NERICA L-19 Lowland 6.0
NERICA L-20 Lowland 6.0
ORYLUX 1 Irrigated 8.0 Aromatic
ORYLUX 3 Irrigated 6.3 Aromatic
ORYLUX 6 Irrigated 6.5 Aromatic
Good agricultural practices (GAP) basket development
Intervention Typical farmers’ practice and problems
GAP component Requirement for research?
Variety choice Old modern varieties New varieties YesLand preparation
Not bunded, not well leveled
Bunding & leveling No
Sowing Random transplanting & delayed sowing
Transplanting at optimum density, time
Yes
Weeding Single herbicide & two hand-weedings
Single herbicide & weeding with mechanical weeder
No
Fertilizer application
Very variable Site-specific nutrient management
Yes
Water management
Permanent standing water
Timing of drainage before harvesting
No
Crop management decision support tool:RiceAdvice
• Allows rice farmers to apply mineral fertilizer more efficiently to optimize production and profits and reduce waste
• Helps rice farmers identify the best option for fertilizers to be purchased, based on nutrient requirement and fertilizer prices
• Farmers can increase rice yield by about 20% and increase their profit margin by about $200 per hectare per season
Improved land & water managementSmart-valleys approach
• A low-cost, participatory and sustainable approach to develop inland valleys for rice-based systems
• Major advantages: increased water retention in farmers’ fields, less risk of fertilizer losses due to flooding and increased rice yields
• In Togo and Benin, average rice yields of farmers using Smart-valleys approach more than doubled from 1.5–2 to 3.5–4.5 t/ha
• Impact studies indicate the potential adoption rate is 67%
Mechanization
• Motorized weeders
• Threshers
• Combine harvesters
Improved rice processing - GEM rice parboiler• An improved rice parboiling system called GEM, combined with
training and innovation platform approach: improving the livelihood of more than a 1000 rural women in Benin
• It is energy-efficient, shortens processing time, reduces drudgery, and does not expose the women parboilers to heat burns
• With GEM, average monthly quantity of parboiled rice produced as well as the average monthly income from this activity more than doubled
Milling machine
Decision support: weed management
• Total rice production losses attributable to weeds in SSA estimated at US$ 1.5 billion
• Tool for identifying major rice weeds of Africa
• Valuable resource for professionals involved in research, training and management of rice weeds in SSA
From production focus to value chain focus
Pioneering work on experimental auctions and value chain development in Senegal
Packaging, branding and labeling of locally produced rice for urban and niche markets to enhance consumer attractiveness to locally produced rice in Glazou IP Parboiled rice “Riz Saveur” in Glazoue IP
Private sector: partners for scaling up• Bringing together small-to-medium (SMEs) seed
enterprises and scientists
• Collaborating with private sector on certified rice seed production
• FASO KABA in Mali,
• NASECO Seed Company in partnership with NARO in Uganda;
• NAFASO in Burkina Faso
• ASI thresher manufacturing in partnership with private sector/SME blacksmiths in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal
Youth entrepreneurship in rice value chain:conceptual framework
• Competence and skills for youths and women in agribusiness enhanced
• Significant return on investment when improved rice technologies, innovations and services are combined
• Coaching & mentoring youth and women to take lead role in modernizing the rice sector
Quality rice seedAWM
SMART-valleysWeeders
RiceAdvice ASI ThresherGEM rice Parboiler Packaging
Branding
AfricaRice reviving rice sector in West Africaunder World Bank facilitated WAAPP
Sierra Leone• Training of national research staff (seed production, data analysis, IP approach, breeding
techniques) - highly appreciated by WAAPP missions
• 5-year (2013-2017) rice research strategic plan for Rokupr research station established
• Rice value chain database developed; plan to upgrade the value chain developed
• Several scalable technologies. incl. improved varieties, ASI thresher, mechanical weeders and GEM parboiler
• Six upland NERICAs and ROK 34 (Pa Kiamp) released
• Post-Ebola crisis response: 22 t of upland NERICA 4 seed distributed and about 1000 t of lowland NERICA L19 seed rice to over 20,000 smallholder farmers
Discussions with World Bank representative in Liberia on the milled samples of rice
varieties
AfricaRice WAAPP-Liberia project coordinator showing to Liberian President the locally produced aromatic rice (she bought all
the rice that was exhibited!)
AfricaRice reviving rice sector in West Africa under World Bank facilitated WAAPP
Liberia• Aromatic rice produced, processed and
packaged in Liberia ready for market• National scientists and extension staff
trained in breeding, land & water management technologies, seed production and data management
• Scholarships awarded to post-graduate students on rice breeding
• Improved rice seed made available to farmers to jump-start agriculture after Ebola crisis
AfricaRice has a joint initiative with CORAF/WECARD to produce breeder seed of improved varieties and conduct multi-environment trials under the Africa-wide Rice Breeding Task Force.
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Supporting countries in rice breeder seed production
Thank you
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