Rice

Rice is the major staple food worldwide, and will continue to be so in the coming décades. Although most of what is produced is consumed in producing countries, international trade is progressing rapidly, from less than 4% of total output in the mid-1990s to almost 10% in 2015. However, even if rice production increases, there are no guarantees that the increase will cover future demand. CIRAD is therefore involved in international and global research programmes on rice and rice growing. It is specifically interested in rice growing in marginal environments, which are often associated with increased poverty.

Books and documents

Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains, Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017
Realizing Africa’s rice promise, M.C.S. Wopereis, D.E. Johnson, N. Ahmadi, E. Tollens, A. Jalloh, Africa Rice, CABI, 2013
Riz et rizicultures : innovations paysannes et dynamiques scientifiques, N. Ahmadi, J.Y. Jamin, P. Mendez del Villar, Cahiers Agriculture, 22, 2013
Riz, rizière, riziculture, A. Audebert, N. Ahmadi, J.Y. Jamin, Les mots de l’agronomie, INRA, 2010
Une brève histoire de l’amélioration génétique du riz, B. Courtois, CIRAD, 2007
Plantes des rizières de Camargue, P. Marnotte et al., CIRAD, PNRC, CFR, 2006
Grain de riz, grain de vie, M. Jeanguyot, N. Ahmadi, CIRAD, Magellan, 2002 (also in Vietnamese)