independence. However, it is with the crisis resulting from soaring prices of commodity prices that the need to boost the promotion of this product that has become very sensitive in political, economic and social terms was greatest. The emergency programmes that have been implemented helped to reverse the global trend of the value chain: the region now achieves notable productivity gains in this sector. Production increases are increasingly obtained more through improved yields than expansion of cultivated areas. It is with these results that almost all of West African States decided, with technical assistance from AfricaRice and financial support from JICA, to develop and adopt National Rice Development Strategies (NRDS). These strategies distinguish themselves by the ambition to achieve rice self-sufficiency between 62. 2015 and 2020. These ambitions are based on the fact that all countries are dependent on external supplies to meet their domestic needs, despite the existence of important agro-ecological potential and know-how of local producers. Table 9: Mapping of NRDS of West African States Country Strategic option Priority axes and intervention actions Rice seeds Bénin Raise paddy production from 150, 000 tonnes in 2009 Fertilizers to 600, 000 tonnes in 2018 Processing Water control Access to equipment Access to technical innovations and professional knowledge Access to credit Increase in cultivated area Burkina-Faso Contribute to a sustainable increase in domestic rice Sustainable intensification of rice production in quantity and quality to meet the needs production and demands of consumers Valuation of rice production Research advisory support –Dissemination, and capacity building of actors Cape Verde Does not produce rice Technical support to production Côte-d’Ivoire Achieve a national production of 1.9 Mt of milled rice Support the promotion of local rice in 2016 and 2.1Mt in 2018. Gambia Seeds Ghana Increase from 320, 000 tonnes of paddy in 2008 to Fertilizers 1, 500, 000 tonnes in 2018 Irrigation and water management Agricultural council Mechanization Improvement of the quality Market access Access to credit Improvement of the general environment Development of the financial system Guinea Ensure rice self-sufficiency in the medium term and Marketing and distribution of fertilizers export in sub-regional and international markets in a Rice marketing and processing longer term Irrigation and investment i water regulation technologies Guinea Bissau
independence. However, it is with the crisis resulting from soaring prices of commodity prices that the need to boost the promotion of this product that has become very sensitive in political, economic and social terms was greatest. The emergency programmes that have been implemented helped to reverse the global trend of the value chain: the region now achieves notable productivity gains in this sector. Production increases are increasingly obtained more through improved yields than expansion of cultivated areas. It is with these results that almost all of West African States decided, with technical assistance from AfricaRice and financial support from JICA, to develop and adopt National Rice Development Strategies (NRDS). 62. These strategies distinguish themselves by the ambition to achieve rice self-sufficiency between 2015 and 2020. These ambitions are based on the fact that all countries are dependent on external supplies to meet their domestic needs, despite the existence of important agro-ecological potential and know-how of local producers. Table 9: Mapping of NRDS of West African States Country Strategic option Priority axes and intervention actions Bénin Raise paddy production from 150, 000 tonnes in 2009 to 600, 000 tonnes in 2018 Rice seeds Fertilizers Processing Water control Access to equipment Access to technical innovations and professional knowledge Access to credit Burkina-Faso Contribute to a sustainable increase in domestic rice production in quantity and quality to meet the needs and demands of consumers Increase in cultivated area Sustainable intensification of rice production Valuation of rice production Research –Dissemination, advisory support and capacity building of actors Cape Verde Does not produce rice Côte-d’Ivoire Achieve a national production of 1.9 Mt of milled rice in 2016 and 2.1Mt in 2018. Technical support to production Support the promotion of local rice Gambia Ghana Increase from 320, 000 tonnes of paddy in 2008 to 1, 500, 000 tonnes in 2018 Seeds Fertilizers Irrigation and water management Agricultural council Mechanization Improvement of the quality Market access Access to credit Improvement of the general environment Guinea Ensure rice self-sufficiency in the medium term and export in sub-regional and international markets in a longer term Development of the financial system Marketing and distribution of fertilizers Rice marketing and processing Irrigation and investment i water regulation technologies Guinea Bissau
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