A workshop, entitled
‘Improving and sustaining rice production under changing climatic conditions’,
was organized, 22–24 November, in Kumasi, Ghana, to showcase the principles and
practices of the sawah technology.
The technology was developed by Prof. Toshiyuki Wakatsuki of the Kinki
University, Japan, to improve soil and water management, irrigation and
fertilizer efficiency to increase rice productivity in African lowlands.
The workshop
was organized under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) with technical and financial support from the Kinki University, Japan, JIRCAS
and AfricaRice. It brought together participants from Japan, Ghana, Indonesia,
Nigeria and Senegal.
