Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency
Breakthroughs in drought, flood, salinity, and heat-tolerant varieties are finally progressing, but require African-specific breeding pipelines, stronger national programs, and serious funding to reach scale. With consumers shifting toward higher-quality, fortified and convenience rice, Dr. Ismail p...
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| author | Ismail, Abdelbagi Choudhury, Suchetana |
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| description | Breakthroughs in drought, flood, salinity, and heat-tolerant varieties are finally progressing, but require African-specific breeding pipelines, stronger national programs, and serious funding to reach scale. With consumers shifting toward higher-quality, fortified and convenience rice, Dr. Ismail points to milling modernization, youth-led mechanisation services, and private-sector seed systems as Africa’s next billion-dollar
opportunities. Looking ahead to 2035, he says Africa can be food-sovereign and even a net exporter—but only if political stability, modernized policies, and investment-ready ecosystems align to unlock the continent’s true rice potential. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1799472026-01-16T00:46:53Z Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency Ismail, Abdelbagi Choudhury, Suchetana drought tolerance seed systems plant breeding breeding methods agricultural mechanization Breakthroughs in drought, flood, salinity, and heat-tolerant varieties are finally progressing, but require African-specific breeding pipelines, stronger national programs, and serious funding to reach scale. With consumers shifting toward higher-quality, fortified and convenience rice, Dr. Ismail points to milling modernization, youth-led mechanisation services, and private-sector seed systems as Africa’s next billion-dollar opportunities. Looking ahead to 2035, he says Africa can be food-sovereign and even a net exporter—but only if political stability, modernized policies, and investment-ready ecosystems align to unlock the continent’s true rice potential. 2025-11-27 2026-01-16T00:46:52Z 2026-01-16T00:46:52Z News Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179947 en Open Access Agro Spectrum India Ismail, Abdelbagi, Sucheta Choudhury (2025). Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency. Interview by Suchetana Choudhury. AgroSpectrum, Invisaging Future, Updating Present. India |
| spellingShingle | drought tolerance seed systems plant breeding breeding methods agricultural mechanization Ismail, Abdelbagi Choudhury, Suchetana Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title | Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title_full | Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title_fullStr | Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title_short | Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency |
| title_sort | can africa grow what it eats irri s dr ismail maps new blueprint for rice self sufficiency |
| topic | drought tolerance seed systems plant breeding breeding methods agricultural mechanization |
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