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Varieties

AfricaRice's high-yield, climate-smart rice varieties driving productivity, resilience, and food security across Africa’s rice-growing regions.

Rice varieties

ARICA

ARICA stands for Advanced Rice Varieties for Africa, a new generation of high-performing rice varieties.
NERICA

The New Rice for Africa (NERICA) varieties are the first wide-scale success of crossing of the two cultivated species.
Sahel Varieties

The Sahel varieties target the irrigated lowlands in the Sahel region of West Africa.
STRASA Varieties

Rice varieties that combine a high yield with better tolerance to drought, submergence, salinity, iron toxicity and low temperature.
Hybrid Rice

Hybrid rice can provide an avenue for African rice farmers to boost rice yields and improve profitability.
ORYLUX

AfricaRice has developed the high-quality aromatic series called ORYLUX, which have excellent grain size and aroma, and are early-maturing.
WITAs and WABs

WITA varieties improve grain yield, resistance to diseases and tolerance to drought, while WAB varieties were developed mainly for upland systems.

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