AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley leading the panel discussion on "Africa Riceing : Mobilizing and applying science and complementary resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa." at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 June 2016

1. Africa Riceing
Mobilizing and applying science and complementary
resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa
Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General
Africa Rice Center
Reference document: 39BOTPC10

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Self-sufficiency ratio in selected countries

5. Investment for reaching self-sufficiency across
sub-Saharan Africa, and its return
Note: This does not include additional benefits from higher rice
prices obtained from improved quality rice, value addition and
by-products
Item Value
Investment $22 billion
Returns $61 billion
Return ratio 2.8:1

6. How can we achieve self-sufficiency by 2025?
Increase the rice harvested area
by about 6 M ha (1 M ha irrigated
and 5 M ha rainfed lowland) is
required to meet demand in 2025

7. Technologies and Innovations: Water and land management
• Smart-Valleys
 30-40% yield increased
• Motorized pumps
 Investments in motorized
pumps benefit 185 million
people in SSA and
generate net revenues of
up to USD 22 billion per
year

8. Technologies and Innovations: RiceAdvice
RiceAdvice - an Android app-based
decision support tool (does not
require internet connection)
• Increasing rice yields through
context specific agronomy
recommendations
• Up to 1 t/ha yield increase
compared to farmer’s practices in
Senegal River valley and Kano in
Nigeria
Female youth interacting with a
female rice farmer on RiceAdvice
in the Senegal River Valley.

9. Technologies and Innovations: Commonly selected
weeders by women rice farmers
Ring hoe
Women farmers
using the ring hoe in the Upland
Straight-spike weeder
Women farmers
using the straight-spike weeder in the
Lowlands
Use of these weeders reduce weeding
labor input by 50%
Multiplication effect of use of weeders by
over 4 households for every one that
accessed a weeder

10. • Double-row Indian-type weeder
 Indian-type double-row weeder preferred for its effective weed control
• Double-row Japanese-type weeder
 Japanese type for its ease of operation, stability and light weight
• Hybrid prototype motorized weeder (combining key advantages of Indian &
Japanese motorized weeders) with private sector artisans under development
Technologies and innovations:
Motorized weeder for the Lowlands

11. Technologies and innovations:
High-yielding climate-resilient varieties
• AfricaRice has upgraded popular rice varieties with
Sub1 gene responsible for submergence (flood)
tolerance in rice
– WITA 4 sub1
– NERICA-L-19 sub1
• Submergence tolerant varieties yielded 10x
higher than other varieties under submerged
(flooded) conditions
• Flood-risk maps exist for targeted dissemination

12. Technologies and innovations:
High-yielding, climate-resilient varieties: ARICAs, NERICAs &
aromatic varieties
ARICA Breeder seed production with CORAF/WECARD
• ARICAs 1 - 5 has 30 – 50% yield increase over the NERICAs and are drought and
disease tolerant. Suitable for Upland & Lowlands
• ARICA 6 – 11 in addition to yields have stress tolerance (Fe toxicity, cold, &
salinity)

13. Newly released drought tolerant upland varieties (FARO 63,
FARO 64 & FARO 65) in Nigeria
FARO
63

14. Hybrid rice: 5 best hybrid varieties in Nigeria & Senegal
Variety Yield(t/ha) %Yield
increase over
Faro 44
%Yield
increase
over Faro 52
%Yield
increase over
Faro 57
ARS010H 11.02 39.49 18.87 17.11
ARS017H 10.66 34.93 14.99 13.28
ARS033H 10.52 33.16 13.48 11.80
ARS034H 11.22 52.89 21.03 19.23
ARS035H 10.68 35.18 15.21 13.50
Sahel 108 8.42
FARO 44 7.90
FARO 52 9.27
FARO 57 9.41
Means 10.08

15. Certified rice seed production: FASO KABA in Mali
• 135.562 tonne of certified rice seed of 9 varieties produced in collaboration
with FASO-KABA in Mali
Private sector engagement: Quality rice seed
production & marketing
Certified rice seed production: NASECO Seed Company in collaboration with NARO
in Uganda
• 6,450 tonne rice variety NamChe-3 and NamChe-6 was produced by and delivered to
farmers
ADAG-ANII seed growers in Uganda
• 3 tonne NamChe-1 and Namche-6 produced
NERICA 4 foundation seed at IER - Mali
Longorala station in Sikasso

16. Private sector engagement: Quality rice seed
production with seed enterprse SMEs
Multiplication de la semence de Orylux 6

17. Multi-crop ASI thresher in partnership
with private sector/artisan SMEs
• 108 ASI /ATA rice thresher manufactured in Nigeria and by
artisan SMEs and research
• 47% (51 ASI/ATA Thresher) manufactured by private sector
SMEs in Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire
• HANIGHA Nigeria Ltd. manufactured 41 ASI/ATA Threshers
and used by farmers
• Camara Ibrahima (Local artisan in Katiola) in Cote d’Ivoire
manufactured 10 ATA Thresher and used by farmers
• Senegal River valley already widely populated with ASI
thresher
ATAT /ASI threshers fabricated by
Hanigha Nigeria Ltd. Threshing capacity:
2.5t/h ( suitable for irrigated rice)
Mini – ASI Thresher 800 kg/h (suitable
for rainfed rice cology)
Hanigha Nigeria Ltd. Kaduna, Nigeria
Chief executive Officer
Charles Frimpong

18. GEM rice parboiler in the innovation platforms (IPs) in
Glazoue & Malanville in Benin, and Nassarawa in Nigeria
Traditional stove: high fuel
consumption, smoke
exposure, high grain loss
and low product quality,
low profit margin for
women rice parboilers and
traders
GEM: low fuel consumption,
low smoke exposure, low
grain loss and high product
quality, high profit margin,
less drudgery for women.
Production
(Kg)/month
Income
(FCFA) /
month
Heat
damaged
grains (%)
Whole
grains
(%)
Chalky
center
(%)
Impurities
Parboiled rice without
GEM & Training in IP
1,603 797,250 23.9 60 > 20 > 5
Parboiled rice with
GEM & Training in IP 3,489 1,744,750 > 2 91 % 0 0
Milling machine

19. Packaging/branding of parboiled and milled rice
in the innovation platforms (IPs)
• Inclusive choice in developing brands for
parboiled and milled rice in the IPs in Benin
 Consumer attractive packaging/branding
and labeling of locally produced rice for
urban and niche markets
Parboiled rice “Riz Saveur” in Glazoue IP
Milled rice “Riz Saveur” in Glazoue IP
Parboiled rice in Malanville IP
Youths in the IPs

20. Technology / innovation generation and Out-scaling
through IPs in rice sector Development Hubs
● Strong collaboration between AfricaRice and
its implementing CGIAR partners - IWMI
● Africa-wide Task Forces working with the
NARIs for introduction, validation and up-
scaling of technologies and innovations
through the innovation platforms (IPs)
● Active involvement of private sector
operators, national seed services, farmer
organizations, NGOs and development
partners for the widespread dissemination of
technologies and innovations
● Strong involvement of policy makers to
create enabling conditions for out-scaling of
technologies and innovations for the benefit
of smallholders and entrepreneurs
Rice sector Development Hubs:
Core hubs & Satellite hubs

22. 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 seed
AWM
SMART-valleys
Weeders
RiceAdvice ASI Thresher
GEM rice
Parboiler Packaging
Branding

23. Thank you!