Africa: Researchers Outline Recipe for African Rice Revolution

9 August 2006

Africa's 'green revolution' will hinge on homegrown rice, said researchers and policy analysts at the first African Rice Congress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last week.

Delegates agreed resolutions calling for more research aimed at developing improved varieties and boosting rice production in Africa.

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