Rice is Nice! Rice is set to become a major food staple in Africa, as urbanization and population growth has seen demand for rice grow rapidly over recent decades. The younger generation are eating more rice in place of traditional foods, for a number of reasons. Rice is easy to prepare, requires less energy to […]
Prof. Bancy Mati is the convenor and manager of the SRI-Africa knowledge portal. She ensures that information, publications and happenings in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) nexus in Africa is collated and uploaded on the website. Prof. Mati is credited with introducing SRI in Kenya in 2009. From humble beginnings, she worked diligently with […]
Having a sufficient supply of good-quality vegetables has always been a problem for households in the project area: Gaya district of Bihar. An indication that progress is being made on this key element for human nutrition is that we have seen a fall in the market prices of green and other vegetables during the peak […]
On our Teltane Farm in Monroe, Maine, USA, we have begun adapting System of Crop Intensification (SCI) ideas to our carrot production, with considerable success in this second trial season (2014). A previous and smaller trial of SCI for carrots in 2012 was very successful and encouraged us to expand and duplicate the methods that […]
Conventional cultivation of krain krain — a popular green leafy vegetable (Corchorus) — starts with the broadcasting of seeds randomly on raised beds (mounds) or on flat land with high seed density (direct seeding), with manure added from backyard compost or FYM. Harvesting the crop is by uprooting the whole plant, so it is done […]