Research project(s)
IRD in Western and Central Africa
Improving rice growing in Africa
January 1996
Rice, the first cereal humans ever cultivated, is a vital resource for many Southern countries. In Africa, rice yellow mottle virus is a major problem, causing considerable damage and heavy losses at harvest. Prophylactic measures have been employed to limit the spread of the disease, but the ...
Millet : Cultivating diversity
January 2003
Millet has been an important plant for human civilisation. In sub-Saharan Africa it is still, along with sorghum, a dietary staple. But population growth, climatic variability, environmental degradation, inefficient cropping methods and lack of research have combined to generate a shortfall in ...
Sahel : Cereals adapt to changing climate
January 2003
The Southern countries’ agricultural output, and hence their peoples’ food security, is strongly affected by climate change. This is particularly true in the Sahel, which has suffered periods of extreme drought since the 1970s. One major issue for the region’s food security is to conserve the ...
