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Seizing opportunity towards sustainable rice cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa

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Title Seizing opportunity towards sustainable rice cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Ibrahim, A.
Saito, Kazuki
Kokou, A.
Johnson, J.-M.
Diagne, M.
Fagnombo, D.J.
Felix, F.
Sylvia, B.O.
Martial, H.
 
Subject yields
profit
sustainable intensification
 
Description Increasing rice production on a sustainable basis is a major challenge to research for development in sub-Saharan Africa. However, apart from yield, little efforts have been made to benchmark related performance indicators (PIs) including net profit, labor productivity, and nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies (NUE and PUE). The objectives of this study are to (i) assess these PIs and their determinants, and (ii) identify areas needed to improve them. Data were collected from 2,060 farmers in irrigated lowland (IL), rainfed lowland (RL), and rainfed upland (RU) rice production systems across two agroecological zones (semi-arid and subhumid) in the 2018/19 wet season at 18 sites in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania. Average yields were 4,952, 2,988, and 1,816 kg ha−1 in IL, RL, and RU. Higher yield was associated with higher profit. Labor productivity was 55 kg day−1 in IL, 75 kg day−1 in RL, and 49 kg day−1 in RU. Labor productivity was generally low because of limited use of agricultural equipment. NUE and PUE differed across production systems: 17%, 42%, and 49% of farmers had below desirable NUE (
 
Date 2022-09
2022-12-21T08:55:21Z
2022-12-21T08:55:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ibrahim, A., Saito, K., Kokou, A., Johnson, J.-M., Diagne, M., Fagnombo, D.J., Felix, F., Sylvia, B.O. and Martial, H. 2022. Seizing opportunity towards sustainable rice cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 15:100189.
2665-9727
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126159
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2022.100189
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 100189
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Environmental and Sustainability Indicators