Rice plays a strategic role in food security West Africa. However, the region increasingly relies on rice imports due to growing and structural deficit, domestic value chains face constraints technology, finance coordination. As result, Africa is very vulnerable international local trade disruptions, such as ones currently inflicted by COVID-19 pandemic. We build evidence of current state chain upgrading anticipate impacts pandemic chains' resilience their capacity sustain region. Several...

The Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) was initiated as a policy framework with the aim of doubling rice production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over period from 2008 to 2018. This paper assesses contribution CARD and forecasts local supply demand provide better understanding policies needed attain self-sufficiency by 2030. A combination autoregressive integrated moving average method counterfactual approach adopted using statistical data 23 countries SSA. results showed that paddy...

Blanket advice on optimal fertilizer application rates has failed to achieve potential yield gains for crop production in much of Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, digital technology now makes it possible deliver personalized extension services farmers at a lower cost. We present results from randomized control trial designed evaluate the effectiveness mobile that provides rice nutrient management. find households who were just given increase their by 7% and profit 10%. On average, increases...

Contract farming has emerged as a popular mechanism to encourage vertical coordination in developing country agriculture. Yet, there is lack of consensus on its ability spur structural transformation rural economies. We present results from field experiment contract for rice production Benin. While all contracts have positive effects welfare and productivity measures, we find that the simplest impacts nearly large with additional attributes. This suggests once price risk resolved through...

Rice production has increased significantly with the efforts of international research centers and national governments in past five decades. Nonetheless, productivity improvement still needs to accelerate coming years feed growing population that depends on rice for calories nutrients. This challenge is compounded by increasing scarcity natural resources such as water farmland. article reviews 17 ex-post impact assessment studies published from 2016 2021 varieties, agronomic practices,...

Purpose: This paper explores the main factors that influence farmers in acquiring agricultural knowledge and adopting technologies with aim of better understanding innovation systems West Africa.Design/Methodology/Approach: We use data collected between 2013 2014 across rice hubs five African countries: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria Togo. In total, 499 household heads were surveyed using a stratified random sampling technique. Data are analyzed Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon test Poisson...

The benchmarking and monitoring of rice production performance indicators are essential for improving self-sufficiency, increasing profitability, reducing labor requirements, optimizing fertilizer inputs, engaging youths in production, the overall sustainability smallholder systems countries sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this paper, we quantified five (grain yield, net profit, productivity, nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) use efficiencies) to benchmark SSA. Data were collected between 2013–2014...

Alleviating the climate-related constraints faced by agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa requires an accelerated adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) innovations farmers. However, little is known about best-bet (most appropriate) CSA innovations, and enabling conditions for their widespread a given biophysical socioeconomic context. The objectives this study were to identify barriers, incentive mechanisms, roles institutions four rice growing environments Mali (irrigated lowlands,...

In West Africa, the Northern Sahelian zone and coastal areas are densely populated but Middle Belt in between is general sparsely settled. Predictions of climate change foresee more frequent drought north flooding areas, while conditions will remain moderate. Consequently, might become a major area for immigration there may be constraining factors as well, particularly with respect to water availability. As case study, paper looks into capacity Benin, known Oueme River Basin (ORB), reduce...

SUMMARY Improving farmers’ knowledge of new technologies and creating conducive learning opportunities, with particular attention to the marginalized poor (women youth), are major factors in move towards sustainable agriculture. To explore gender gap agricultural acquisition adoption West Africa, we used baseline data collected 2013 2014 five countries (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria Togo) 499 surveyed households. The t -test Kruskal–Wallis test were for analysis. most quoted source...

This paper estimates households' willingness to pay (WTP) improve rural water supply in Benin. Particular attention is given the distribution of WTP, which traditionally addressed using parametric assumptions. To avoid distributional assumptions, a semi-nonparametric bivariate probit approach introduced. Results provide first evidence that, Benin, households wanting are willing more than current price. WTP for determined by wealth, education, and characteristics existing new systems....

Inland valleys (IVs) in West African countries have increasingly been used for crop production, including rice cultivation. Though it is widely assumed that IVs a high potential to contribute food security of countries, comprehensive assessment farming systems addressing agricultural, institutional, security, poverty, and ecosystem indicators still lacking. This study characterizes IVs' smallholder farm households at the regional type level using Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey...

Purpose: The study evaluates new approach of digital extension services for the long-term adoption technologies. We propose an indirect to address following research questions. What socioeconomic factors influence rice farmers' decision prefer one business profile over another? Which is most preferred and likely be adopted by farmers? are attributes characteristics required create best profile?Design/Methodology/Approach: Ten profiles were tested with a sample size 1440 farmers. Using...

Information on comprehensive evaluation of agricultural innovations is often limited. This study provides an overview multidisciplinary a lowland rice variety, WITA 9 (released in Côte d'Ivoire 1998), with respect to its agronomic performance, grain quality, resistance diseases, adoption by farmers, impact productivity and farmers' income, marketability. had the highest paddy yield among tested varieties including international check (IR 64) recently developed adapted this country. higher...