Towards sustainable productivity enhancement of rice-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren
cg.coverage.countryMadagascar
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan AfricaEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKazuki Saito: 0000-0002-8609-2713
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108670en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1872-6852en
cg.journalField Crops Researchen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume287en
dc.contributor.authorRodenburg, J.en
dc.contributor.authorSaito, Kazukien
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-21T09:01:16Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-21T09:01:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126170
dc.titleTowards sustainable productivity enhancement of rice-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africaen
dcterms.abstractIn the past 50 years, rice has become an important crop for food security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, rice yields remain relatively low, and large yield gaps exist. This Special Issue brings together agronomy research on rice-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa and addresses three main, overarching questions: (1) what has been achieved in the past decades in terms of rice agronomy in sub-Saharan Africa, (2) what is the state-of-the-art regarding development of technologies and (3) what will be likely or required future directions? The broad topics included in this Special Issue are (1) yield trends and yield gap analyses, (2) soil & nutrient, water, weed and integrated crop management practices, (3) cropping systems, (4) genetic improvements, (5) crop simulation modeling, and (6) assessment of farmers’ rice cultivation practices and the sustainability of these practices. The papers cover different sub-regions, from the Sahel to the highlands of Madagascar and three major rice growing environments (irrigated lowlands, rainfed lowlands, and rainfed uplands). In this paper we describe the major challenges in the rice production sector in sub-Saharan Africa and historical efforts on agronomy research, and we provide a short introduction and discussion on the papers presented in this Special Issue. This Special Issue arrives at six main recommendations. 1. There is a need to increase research and development efforts focusing on rainfed rice-based systems. 2. More attention needs to be paid to research on the farming system or landscape level, aimed at development of integrated cropping and farming systems and integrated agronomic solutions. 3. Current and future agronomic rice research should thematically center around sustainability, including judicious natural resources management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and conservation of biodiversity and environments. 4. To operationalize this, sustainability performance indicators need to be developed and used. 5. There is broad consensus regarding the need for more labor-saving technologies, including mechanization options, provided these do not increase the ecological footprint of production systems. 6. Future rice agronomy research work should be interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary, to better address the myriad of challenges of smallholder farmers in Africa. Papers presented in this Special Issue should inform on the state-of-the art in rice agronomy in SSA, and on ways to sustainably enhance rice production and self-sufficiency in this regionen
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRodenburg, J. and Saito, K. 2022. Towards sustainable productivity enhancement of rice-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Field Crops Research 287:108670.en
dcterms.extent108670en
dcterms.issued2022-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectagronomyen
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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