Sawah, Market Access and Rice Technologies for Inland Valleys [SMART-IVs Project]

Published on 27 April 2010

Research Areas

Crops, Market Access, Soils, Water Management

Countries

Benin, Togo

Timeline

Start Date: 1 September 2009 | End Date: 31 March 2014

Overview

The pre-condition for enhanced rice productivity in inland valley systems is improved water control. The Asian Sawah system offers a low cost opportunity for rice intensification. The term Sawah refers to leveled, bunded and puddled rice fields with water inlets and outlets in order to control water and facilitate soil fertility management. This project will adapt the Sawah system to African conditions building on previous experience from Ghana and Nigeria

Research Partners

• Government
• CRI
• IARC
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• NARI - National Agricultural Research Institute
• Institut National de Recherche Agricole du Bénin (INRAB), Benin
• Institut Togolais de Recherche (ITRA), Togo
• Soil Research Institute, Kumasi; GHANA (SRI)
• University
• Kinki University

Tags

African, Sawah