With Accra declaration, rice-sufficiency imminent in W’Africa
There is a renewed vigour by stakeholders to double the yearly paddy production in Africa, raising yields from 2.1 to 4.1 tons per hectare, reducing post-harvest losses to below 10 per cent, and cutting down import dependency to under 15 per cent. There are also promises of creating 15 million jobs across the rice value chain, with women and youth accounting for at least half of direct beneficiaries. Read More