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Development & Testing of Hybrid Rice Germplasm

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Creation of Business & Market Linkages

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Facilitating Enabling Environment for Uptake & Adoption of Hybrid Rice

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Capacity Building of Stakeholders in Hybrid Rice Technologies

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#Rice4Prosperity

Rice (Oryza spp.) is a main food crop for more than one-half of the world’s population and has become an important staple in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where its consumption is rapidly growing at 6 – 12% per year (approximately 30 million tonnes of milled rice). Despite the exponential consumption rate, SSA produces only 16 million tonnes of milled rice per year. As a result, Africa bridges the deficit of more than 12 million MT through importation valued at over US$5 billion in foreign currencies.

A viable option for tackling the deficit in production lies in increasing productivity per unit area, currently averaging at 2.4 MT/ha in SSA, which is lower than the global average of 4.3 MT/ha (FAOSTAT). This can be achieved by exposing rice farmers to rice varieties with improved genetic potential using the benefits of heterosis (hybrid technology) coupled with a rigorous seed quality control mechanism.

Development and production of hybrid rice offers a means to achieve significant yield gains in the region while building viable agri-businesses. It is one of the key technologies needed by Africa to achieve rice self-sufficiency for enhanced food security and improved rural livelihoods for SSA’s small holder rice farmers.

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Development, Testing &Commercial Release of Hybrid Rice Germplasm
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Facilitating Enabling Environment for Uptake and Adoption of Rice Hybrids
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Revolutionizing Rice Farming

Stakeholders in the rice sector have locally developed parental lines and different types of rice hybrids with yields of up to 10 MT/ha under irrigated conditions and up to 7 MT/ha under rainfed conditions. Also, these hybrids have proven to out yield modern inbred varieties by 10-30%.

To consolidate and accelerate the development of parental lines, hybrid rice production, release, and commercialization for the benefit of African farmers, the Alliance for Hybrid Rice for Africa (AHyRA) was formed and brought together stakeholders in the rice sector towards achievement of rice self-sufficiency in the SSA.

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By Admin – 11th June 2021

Government collaborates with private sector to introduce hybrid rice seeds

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By Admin – 15th June 2021

Kenya to start commercial production of hybrid rice, cut imports

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Dr. KAYODE A. SANNI

Dr. KAYODE A. SANNI

Project Manager

Kayode Abiola Sanni has over 20 years experience in agricultural research and development, science and technology, leadership in genetics, plant breeding, genetic resources and project management. He has greatly contributed to research towards food security in Africa through management of genetic resources, varietal development, registration, release and dissemination. Kayode holds a PhD in Plant Breeding from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, an MSc in Environmental Genetics and a BSc in Agriculture (Soil Science) both from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His PhD work was focused on New Rice for Africa (NERICA) and he serverd as a Postdoctoral Fellow as molecular biologist at the Genetic Diversity and Improvement Program of Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). Prior to joining AATF, Kayode was the Head of Genetic Resources Unit and the Coordinator of International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice in Africa (INGER-Africa) at AfricaRice, where he led and managed the collection, conservation and utilisation of rice genetic resources. He was the lead scientist for the international rice evaluation and varietal release program cutting across 30 African countries, which led to the registration and release of rice varieties in the different countries. Kayode served as the focal point of AfricaRice at several levels such as, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and all issues relating to genetic biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights. He took active part in multi-country donor-funded projects at AfricaRice. He also provided technical backstopping to national research scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa, and supervising post graduate students. He played a significant role in the establishment of varietal release system in the republic of Benin and was part of the committee that compiled the rice component of the first varietal catalogue of the country. Prior to that Kayode worked at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, in various capacities, firstly with the Maize Breeding Program and later with the Genetic Resources Center, where he worked on the Genetic profiling of three of the IITA mandate Crops. Kayode participates in the crop technical sub-committee of the National Varietal Release Committee of Nigeria as an international expert on rice. He has published heavily in scientific journals, conference papers, books and book chapters, posters, flyers, bulletins. As the Project Manager Rice, he provides overall leadership to the research and product development of the rice projects – translating strategic aims into achievable plans, establishing priorities, and ensuring the integration of technical, legal, communication, regulatory, and product deployment elements of the projects. Kayode is a national of Nigeria.