- New Rice for
Africa (
NERICA) is a
cultivar group of
interspecific hybrid rice
developed by the
Africa Rice
Center to
improve the
yield of
African rice...
- been mixed; the
nerica varieties are less
hardy and more labour-intensive, and
effects on real-world
yields vary.
Subsidies of
nerica seeds have also...
- rice
suitable for
cultivation in Africa,
called the New Rice for
Africa (
NERICA), have been
developed to
improve food
security and
alleviate poverty in...
- his
discovery of the
genetic process to
create the New Rice for
Africa (
NERICA),
which gives higher yields,
shorter growth cycles and more
protein content...
- and
introducing new rice seed
varieties suitable for
African conditions.
NERICA,
which stands for "New Rice for Africa", is two
families of interspecific...
-
sativa and O.
glabberima has been developed. This new hybrid,
labelled '
Nerica' ...
grains are sold as 'broken rice'. Very
small broken rice is called...
-
yielding 'family' of rice
varieties known as "New Rice for Africa" (
NERICA).
NERICA varieties yield about 30% more rice
under normal conditions and can...
-
suitable rice
varieties that
produce high yields. New Rice for
Africa (
NERICA), a high-yielding and well
adapted strain, was
developed and introduced...
- 'Katumani' in Kenya. In a
number of rice cultivars,
including some
cultivars of
NERICA (New Rice for Africa),
effective pre- and post-
attachment resistance mechanisms...
- 1007/s10681-006-9278-1. ISSNĀ 0014-2336. S2CIDĀ 23798032.
GRAIN (2009). "
Nerica:
another trap for
small farmers in Africa" (PDF). Sweeney, Megan; McCouch...