‘K-Rice Belt’ harvests 2,321 tons of rice seeds in 6 African countries

Published Mar 29, 2024

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In 2023, the K-Rice Belt project, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Development Administration, achieved a significant milestone by producing 2,321 tons of high-quality rice seeds across six African countries, exceeding its initial target by 14%. This initiative aims to alleviate hunger by boosting rice seed production in regions dependent on rice imports, with the produced seeds yielding considerably higher than the African average. The project's success has set the stage for an ambitious goal to increase local seed production to 10,000 tons annually by 2027, alongside enhancing infrastructure and establishing Official Development Assistance desks to further support this endeavor.

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Through the K-Rice Belt project, which began in 2023, 2,321 tons of high-quality, high-yield rice seeds were harvested for the first time in six African countries. It exceeded the pilot project's target of 2,040 tons by 14%. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Development Administration announced on March 26 that 2,321 tons of rice seeds were harvested through the K-Rice Belt project in Africa. The K-Rice Belt Project is a project that contributes to the end of hunger by creating rice seed production complexes in African countries that depend on imports due to a shortage of rice production, producing high-yielding seeds and supplying them to farms. According to the explanation, seeds were pilot produced in six countries using the 2023 Rural Development Administration Overseas Agricultural Technology Development Project (KOPIA) budget, and the final harvest was 2,321 tons, 14% higher than the original target of 2,040 tons. By country, Ghana produced ...

Source: Agrinet