Realizing Africa’s Rice Promise: Priorities for Action

Inland Valleys: Africa’s Future Food Baskets

276 (eds M.C.S. Wopereis et al.) regimes ranging from 1100 mm to 1400 mm per year, while convex inland valleys (Fig. 22.3c) are formed under the high-rainfall regimes of 1400 mm and above, typical of the equatorial forest zone. With an estimated land area of 190 Mha,1 inland valleys are common landscapes serving a multitude of ecosystem functions in many parts of Africa. In general, wetland env...

Surgical robotics for patient safety in the perioperative environment: realizing the promise.

Surgery is at a crossroads of complexity. However, there is a potential path toward patient safety. One such course is to leverage computer and robotic assist techniques in the reduction and interception of error in the perioperative environment. This white paper attempts to facilitate the road toward realizing that promise by outlining a research agenda. The paper will briefly review the curre...

Mechanizing Africa’s Rice Sector

Significant increases in rice production can be obtained in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by increasing rice grain yield in existing production systems, expanding rice harvested area, and reducing harvest and postharvest losses. However, availability of labour at critical times is often a major constraint, and this situation is aggravated by the effects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Delays during harves...

Realizing the promise of community-based participatory research: community partners get organized!

Analysis of husking action in the rubber-roll rice sheller