Rice ratooning as a sustainable climate smart adaptation for agriculture in Liberia

Rice (Oryza glaberrima) is a staple food for many people in Africa. In West Africa, especially Liberia, it the main dish and plays major role political stability of country despite its insufficient production. The objective study was to evaluate how varied cutting heights affected rice yields. experiment set up Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three treatments replications. Each sampling plot received one treatments: farmers’ practice (T1), 30 cm (T2), or 50 (T3). Other agronomic measures like watering, weeding, fertilizer application, insect pest control were uniformly applied. height produced highest grain yield (1.72 t/ha), followed by (1.12 while farmers' yielded only 0.66 t/ha. As climbed cm, all selected components: productive tiller, panicle height, number seeds rose significantly. general, can be stated that ratoon more effective at produces higher It could used as substitute traditional planting method. Key words: Rice, ratoon, yield, Liberia.