Inforiz Jan 2014 - Rice News from Africa and Globally

N°35 Janvier 2014

Chères lectrices et chers lecteurs du Bulletin Inforiz,
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous un nouveau Bulletin Inforiz, spécialement dédié à l’actualité sur les thèmes
rizicoles en Afrique et dans le monde.
Les références de ce bulletin sont classées par pays et dans des rubriques complémentaires qui sont :
- Observatoire des Prix
- Afrique
- Tendances mondiales
- Recherche
N’hésitez pas à réagir par retour de mail à l’une ou l’autre de ces références, et à nous faire part de vos
commentaires sur les contenus, afin que cette publication réponde au mieux aux attentes et besoins de tous !
Nous encourageons tous les acteurs de la filière riz en Afrique à nous faire part de leurs actualités et
agendas.
Vous pouvez également consulter ce bulletin sur le site web d'Inter-réseaux : www.inter-reseaux.org
Bonne lecture !
L'équipe d'Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Dear Inforiz readers,
Please find below the Inforiz newsletter, about rice in Africa and in the world.
The references are classified per country and some complementary chapters that are:
- Price watch
- Africa
- World tendancies
- Research
Please email us (inter-reseaux@inter-reseaux.org) your opinion on the subjects risen in the newsletter, and
don’t hesitate to make comments or suggestions on how to improve Inforiz, as it is our main concern to
answer our network’s expectations!
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We encourage any rice value chain stakeholder in Africa to share with us their experience and agenda.
Thanks in advance for your support and enjoy!
The Inter-réseaux Développement rural Team

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Sommaire
Afrique de l’Ouest
Bulletin des prix
Burkina Faso
Burkina FASO / Chine Taiwan : Le projet riz pluvial au cœur des 20 ans de coopération
Côte d’Ivoire
Le Premier Ministre parle du besoin en riz de la Côte d’Ivoire
Gambie
Jarra lawmaker deeply concerned over Quelea birds invasion
Rice selection exercise conducted in Sapu
Apostle Dr Jackson eyes rice production in Gambia

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CIDA coordinator on fact-finding mission in Gambia
WCR rice growers' prexy on this year's harvest
Hippo threat in CRR persists parks and wildlife director assures a sustainable solution before the end of
year
Ghana
Ghana targets reduction in rice imports in next three years
Rice farmers count losses as imports flood market
Start young: Ghana tries to develop a taste for domestic rice, starting with schools
We have not evaded taxes - Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire rice importers cry out
Ghana relaxes ban on rice imports via borders
Mali
Office riz Ségou : objectif, la maitrise totale de l’eau
Elaboration et validation du contrat plan 2014-2018 de l’Office du Niger évalué à 483 milliards F CFA pour 1
122 000 tonnes de riz paddy
Planification de la production semencière au Mali : Les besoins en mil, riz, sorgho et maïs pour les 5 ans à
venir définis
Niger
Nigeria
Le Nigeria élabore un riz “à rendement élevé résistant à la sécheresse”
Rice import ban and trade politics
Dangote boosts Nigeria's rice self-sufficiency drive With N50 billion investment
Nigeria targets 45% increase in 2014 dry season rice crop
Malaysia, Ogun Govt plan massive rice, cassava cultivation
Absence of witnesses stalls trial of Chinese charged with forgery of rice brand in Nigeria
2015 rice importation ban - Disregard us report, FG urged
Edo earmarked to increase rice production
U.S. faults FG's claim of self-sufficiency in rice production by 2015
La filière riz au Nigeria s’inquiète du protectionnisme gouvernemental
Ban on rice importation - Dealers appeal for deadline extention
Nigeria farmers, millers urge Government to reconsider ban on rice imports in 2015
Sokefun - We're leveraging on Federal Government's imminent ban on rice importation
Ban on rice'll increase local production - - Stakeholders
Landgrabbing for Nigeria's rice revolution, Peter Jopke
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Nigeria cannot stop rice Importation yet - Farmer
Price bulletin
Nigerian government to provide incentives to 10,000 dry season rice farmers in Bauchi
Sénégal
Saison sèche chaude 2014 - 35.000 ha à emblaver en riz dans la vallée
Plus de 81 milliards nécessaires pour l'autosuffisance en riz
Village de Samba Amafy Diallo - Le développement par l'agriculture
Bulletin mensuel N°309 du marché agricole
Afrique de l’Est
Djibouti
Kenya
Mwea rice farmers get new combine harvester
Madagascar
Consommation - 300 000 tonnes de riz importées
HoRIZon N°54
Ile Maurice
Consommation - Hausse du prix du panier des denrées de base
Ruée vers le basmati importé par la STC
Somalie
Tanzanie
Grand farming plan in motion
Training programme seeks to boost rice production
Rice prices to remain stable
Afrique centrale
Cameroun
La Ligue camerounaise des consommateurs dénonce une taxe sur la vérification du riz importé
Les riziculteurs à l’école
Rwanda
Rice prices decrease by rwf100
Afrique Australe
Namibie
Kalimbeza rice project busy with harvesting
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Zambie
North rice farmers cry for support
Observatoire des prix/ Price Watch
Osiriz
Interice
Point sur la situation alimentaire au Sahel N°151
Réseau des systèmes d’information des marchés d’Afrique de l’Ouest
West African market Network
FAO – Rice price update
FAO – mise à jour des prix du riz
Afrique/Africa
S'orienter vers l’exportation de riz de qualité supérieure en Afrique
L'Afrique fait sa révolution dans le riz
Tendances mondiales/World tendancies
Fortified rice a critical ingredient in feeding a growing world population
Recherche / Research
IRRI trials show 45% higher yield in flood-resistant 'swarna-sub1' rice variety
Like 'white on rice', or rice for white?
The Stigma placed on GMO foods a misplaced notion

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Afrique de l’Ouest
Bulletin des prix
Fewsnet, janvier 2014
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/West%20Africa_2014_1_PB_FR.pdf

Burkina Faso
Burkina FASO / Chine Taiwan : Le projet riz pluvial au cœur des 20 ans de coopération
Ouaga.com, 31 janvier 2014
Ainsi, nous le rappellera le ministre Mahama Zoungrana, « le projet riz pluvial est donc l’un de cet engagement
de votre peuple auprès du peuple burkinabè ». Il précisera à la suite que le projet est à sa troisième phase pour
durer 3 ans et qu’il a débuté en janvier 2014. Profitant de cette brèche du ministre burkinabè, l’ambassadeur
taiwanais, au titre des résultats engrangés par le projet, n’est pas resté sans réagir. Il affirme à cet effet que «
cette coopération agricole a acquis des résultats tangibles tels que la forte augmentation de la production
nationale de riz due aux aménagements de Bagré par irrigation gravitationnelle et à ceux du projet riz pluvial. »
Dans le même ordre d’idée, le ministre burkinabè a laissé entendre qu’au total, près de 19 000 ha de bas-fonds
ont été aménagés dans les treize régions du Burkina. Ce sont des producteurs estimés à environ 100 000 qui
en ont été bénéficiaires, avec un apport dans la production nationale d’environ 19,6% en 2013.
http://news.aouaga.com/h/20860.html

Côte d’Ivoire
Le Premier Ministre parle du besoin en riz de la Côte d’Ivoire
You tube, 5 janvier 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKLc2uXmBY

Gambie
Jarra lawmaker deeply concerned over Quelea birds invasion
Allafrica, January 30, 2014
A lawmaker in Jarra, Lower River Region (LRR), has become the latest to express concern over the recent
birds' invasion of 600 hectares of rice fields in the region.
The invasion that was first reported by the Daily Observer has been drawing the attention of stakeholders
involved in agricultural production, food security and disaster issues.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201401300562.html
Rice selection exercise conducted in Sapu
The Regional Agricultural Directorate in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) on
Friday conducted a one day participatory varietal selection exercise of irrigated lowland rice varieties at the
Sapu experiment al farm, in Lower Fulladu West, CRR south. This exercise involved about 40 farmers who had
the chance to select rice varieties of their choice.

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Apostle Dr Jackson eyes rice production in Gambia
After viewing a documentary, entitled "All Is Rice", which chronicles the 10 year record of some of the diplomatic
and development interventions of 1Blood International in W. Africa, namely Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and
Liberia, this columnist met with the International Chief Executive, Apostle Dr. Kenneth D. Jackson Sr., who was
adopted as a Father by the people of Kombo North, at a ceremony held last year in Busumbala.
CIDA coordinator on fact-finding mission in Gambia
The overall coordinator of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Africa Rice, based in PortoNovo Benin, Dr Jean Moreria, is on a fact-finding mission in The Gambia. The purpose of his visit is to assess
how NARI is faring with the project. CIDA project is operating in eight West African countries, including the
Gambia; and it seeks to enhance agriculture in those eight countries. In line with the mission, CIDA's
coordinator last Friday made a power point presentation to the officers of NARI researchers at its Brikama
office. In the same vein, the coordinator along with the minister of Agriculture, Solomon Owens launched the
first Rice thresher machine built in the Gambia. NARI is the receiving agent of the project, which is going to
implement the activities.
WCR rice growers' prexy on this year's harvest
The President of the West Coast Region Rice Growers Association, Mr Ebrima S. Beyai, has indicated that
though there was a bumper harvest of upland rice in the Region, they could have ensured food self-sufficiency
in rice if the rice growers in the region were in control of the water they need for cultivation. Mr. Beyai made this
assertion in an interview with this reporter at Jarra Soma. He was throwing light on his association's
preparedness to ensure food self-sufficiency in rice, their experience in the last cropping season and their
challenges.
Hippo threat in CRR persists parks and wildlife director assures a sustainable solution before the end of
year
Reports emanating from Niani Sukuta village in the Central River Region have indicated that the threat being
posed by the hippopotamuses to rice fields and communities is persisting with an increase in the nightly visits to
homesteads by these river dwelling huge creatures. The residents of the village have expressed their fear
regarding the danger being posed by the animals not only to the rice crops in the fields but the inhabitants as
well as their livestock.

Ghana
Ghana targets reduction in rice imports in next three years
Oryza, January 29, 2014
Ghana is expected to reduce its dependence on rice imports in the next three years, according to Agriculture
Minister.
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/ghana-targets-reduction-rice-imports-next-three-years

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Rice farmers count losses as imports flood market
Business Daily, January 23, 2014
The price of local pure pishori rice has gone down by 50 per cent following the influx, Governor Joseph Ndathi
said, adding that efforts to boost farming through mechanisation and irrigation might prove futile if farmers
continue being exposed to imperfect markets.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Rice-farmers-count-losses-as-imports-flood-market//539550/2157826/-/14wsiitz/-/index.html
Start young: Ghana tries to develop a taste for domestic rice, starting with schools
Oryza, January, 22, 2014
The Chief Executive of Ghana’s Kwaebibirim District, Emmanuel Osae, is encouraging rice producers in the
region to sell their grains directly to local schools under the School Feeding Programme. The area is making a
big push to improve consumption of domestic rice. The region is also working to improve rice
production. Several private milling companies have purchased de-stoning machines, and this has encouraged
rice producers to promote their brands locally.
http://oryza.com/grain-interest/start-young-ghana-tries-develop-taste-domestic-rice-starting-schools
We have not evaded taxes - Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire rice importers cry out
Members of the Ghana-Cote D'Ivoire Rice Importers and Sellers have denied the assertions by Finatrade, a rice
importing firm in Ghana, that they do not pay taxes and duties to the government.
The Director in charge of Corporate Affairs of Finatrade, Mr. John Awuni, was reported on TV3 News on
January 6, this year, as having said that members of the Ghana-Cote D'Ivoire Rice Importers have been
evading taxes and duties, leading to the government losing over $40million dollars annually.
Ghana relaxes ban on rice imports via borders
The Ghana government has relaxed the ban on rice imports through the country’s borders to help rice importers
fulfill their purchase orders made prior to November 1, 2013, when the ban was implemented to ensure that
importers didn’t evade taxes and other tariffs on rice imports.
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/ghana-relaxes-ban-rice-imports-borders

Mali
Office riz Ségou : objectif, la maitrise totale de l’eau
Maliactu, 28 janvier 2014
L’Office Riz Ségou (ORS) a tenu la 22è session ordinaire de son conseil d’administration le 23 janvier sous la
présidence de Seydou Coulibaly, conseiller technique au ministère du Développement rural, coordinateur de
l’Initiative Riz et ex DGA de l’ORS. En ouvrant les travaux, il a souligné que la politique du développement
agricole se traduisait par le renouveau du secteur agricole à travers la création d’Agropoles de développement
rural et périurbain (ADRU). Aussi, a-t-il salué les résultats de la campagne 2013-2014 malgré la crise. En effet,
l’ORS a produit 113.041 tonnes toutes céréales confondues (78,10 % de la prévision) dont 64.000 tonnes de riz
réalisant ainsi un excédent céréalier de 21.210 tonnes dont 17.548 tonnes de riz.
http://maliactu.net/office-riz-segou-objectif-la-maitrise-totale-de-leau/

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Elaboration et validation du contrat plan 2014-2018 de l’Office du Niger évalué à 483 milliards F CFA
pour 1 122 000 tonnes de riz paddy
IINA, 6 janvier 2014
Les membres du comité de suivi du contrat plan Etat-Office du Niger (ON) et producteurs se sont retrouvés à
Ségou pour faire l’évaluation du contrat plan 2008-2012 et élaborer un nouveau contrat plan qui s’étalera sur la
période 2014-2018. La réalisation de ce nouveau contrat plan va mobiliser 483 milliards de francs CFA. Durant
cette période, l’Office du Niger compte produire 1 122 000 tonnes de riz paddy et augmenter la production des
fruits et légumes.
http://www.iinanews.com/fr/index.php/reportages/7410-mali-agriculture-riz-elaboration-et-validation-ducontrat-plan-2014-2018-de-l-office-du-niger-evalue-a-483-milliards-f-cfa-pour-1-122-000-tonnes-de-riz-paddy
Planification de la production semencière au Mali : Les besoins en mil, riz, sorgho et maïs pour les 5
ans à venir définis
Malijet, 6 janvier 2014
Le programme semencier d’Afrique de l’ouest /West africa seed programme (PSOA/WASP) et ses partenaires
comme le CRA, l’UEMOA, CILSS, CORAF, CEDEAO et USAID ont organisé, le 30 et 31 décembre 2013, à
l’hôtel Salam, un atelier de planification de la production semencière au Mali. Les travaux ont permis de jeter les
bases d’une planification des besoins de notre pays en semences de pré-base et de base des cultures vivrières
comme le mil, sorgho, riz et maïs pour les cinq prochaines années. Ils ont aussi permis d’identifier le rôle de
chaque acteur de la chaîne.
http://www.malijet.com/actualite_economique_du_mali/90650-planification-de-la-production-semenciere-aumali-les-besoins-en.html
Bulletin des prix
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/Mali_2014_1_PB_FR.pdf

Niger
Bulletin des prix
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/Niger_2014_01_PB_FR.pdf

Nigeria
Le Nigeria élabore un riz “à rendement élevé résistant à la sécheresse”
SciDevNet, 29 janvier 2014
Le Nigeria est considéré comme le deuxième plus grand importateur de riz au monde. Trois nouvelles variétés
de riz ont été lancées dans le pays pour stimuler la production locale. Les agriculteurs utiliseront les trois
variétés à condition qu’elles s’acclimatent aux conditions météorologiques, indique un agriculteur sur place.
http://www.scidev.net/afrique-sub-saharienne/biotechnologie/actualites/le-nigeria-labore-un-riz-rendementlev-r-sistant-la-s-cheresse.html

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Rice import ban and trade politics
Crusoe Osagie reviews the intrigues in the high wired international trade politics surrounding Nigeria's decision
to end the importation of rice by 2015
A market is the means through which buyers and sellers are brought together, towards an efficient transfer of
goods and services. It must therefore be accessible to people with need and the means to pay for products
tendered.
Dangote boosts Nigeria's rice self-sufficiency drive With N50 billion investment
Dangote Group is set to invest $300 million (N50 billion) in rice production to help the country attain its target of
self sufficiency in rice production and to end the importation of the product into the country by 2015.
The President of the Group, Aliko Dangote at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos Switzerland, said his
Group's planned investment in the agriculture sector will create additional 180,000 jobs in the economy.
Nigeria targets 45% increase in 2014 dry season rice crop
The Nigerian government is targeting to increase rice production in the 2014 dry season crop to around 1.6
million tons, up about 45% from around 1.1 million tons produced in the previous year.
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/nigeria-targets-45-increase-2014-dry-season-rice-crop
Malaysia, Ogun Govt plan massive rice, cassava cultivation
The Ogun Government on Saturday said that the Malaysian Government would soon commence the massive
cultivation of rice and cassava in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Ronke Sokefun, made this known when she spoke to newsmen in
Abeokuta on Saturday.
Absence of witnesses stalls trial of Chinese charged with forgery of rice brand in Nigeria
The absence of two prosecution witnesses at a Federal High Court in Lagos, Wednesday, stalled the trial of a
Chinese, Hong Dong Shen.
Mr. Shen is charged with the forgery of Mama Gold Rice brand.
The accused is standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on forgery, fraud, unlawful possession and
stealing.
2015 rice importation ban - Disregard us report, FG urged
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have urged Nigerians and the Federal Government to disregard
comments from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggesting that Nigeria will not attain selfsufficiency in rice by 2015.
Describing the declaration as selfish, the President of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS),
Ken Ukaoha, called on the federal government to move on with its scheme targeted at redeeming the nation
from dependence on imported rice to feed Nigerians.

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Edo earmarked to increase rice production
Thousands of rice farmers in Edo State are poised to benefit from government initiatives to assist farmers
during the dry season.
Wellington Omorgbon, Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the
initiative was to ensure the nation's self-sufficiency in food, especially rice, at all times.
Speaking in Benin City, he said the 5 000 farmers were selected from Edo North and Edo Central.
U.S. faults FG's claim of self-sufficiency in rice production by 2015
Data from the United States Government obtained by thisday yesterday have punctured the claims by the
federal government that Nigeria would achieve self-sufficiency in rice production in the year 2015.
La filière riz au Nigeria s’inquiète du protectionnisme gouvernemental
Commodafrica, 8 janvier 2014
Les producteurs rizicoles et autres membres du Nigerian Rice Millers and Traders Association s’inquiètent de la
mise en application en 2015 de la décision gouvernementale d’interdire totalement l’importation de riz. La
production nationale étant insuffisante pour couvrir les besoins, une telle décision est jugée prématurée et
même contre-productive, soulignent-ils. En tout état de cause, elle nécessiterait, au préalable, une étude
d’impact sur l’ensemble de la chaine rizicole locale, rapporte oryza.com.
http://commodafrica.com/fr/actualites/matieres_premieres/riznigeriaimports
Ban on rice importation - Dealers appeal for deadline extention
Rice dealers on Tuesday in Asaba appealed to the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the proposed
ban on the importation of rice from 2015 to 2019.
The dealers, who made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba, said the
extension would give rice farmers ample time to prepare themselves to begin large-scale rice production.
Nigeria farmers, millers urge Government to reconsider ban on rice imports in 2015
Rice farmers and millers in Nigeria say that the government decision to ban rice imports completely in 2015
could be counter-productive and requires a review to protect the interests of the local rice industry, according to
local sources.
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/nigeria-farmers-millers-urge-government-reconsider-ban-rice-imports-2015

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Sokefun - We're leveraging on Federal Government's imminent ban on rice importation
Agriculture is the bedrock of any economic development. It provides the more sustainable economic growth
nations so much desire. In Nigeria, agriculture, hitherto the mainstay of the economy has been replaced with oil,
which currently accounts for about 90 per cent of the nation's revenue. However, the federal government has
instituted reforms in the agriculture sector and is working assiduously to ensure that it regains its lost glory. At
the state level, realising the importance of agriculture, some governments have taken up the gauntlet to pursue
far-reaching reforms and programmes in the sector. They have actually taken their destinies in their own hands.
One of such states is Ogun, which has made agriculture a major part of Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led
administration's agenda. In fact, the state's programme on agriculture tagged: "Agricultural Production Leading
to Industrialisation," is the third of the five cardinal programmes of the administration.
Ban on rice'll increase local production - - Stakeholders
For local rice production to increase in the country, stakeholders have called for the ban of imported rice as they
express displeasure over the N365 billion spent every year on rice importation into the country's markets.
An official of the Lagos State ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Tunde Giwa, spoke the minds of the stakeholders at
the unveiling of the value chains business manual packaged by the Commercial Agriculture Development
Project in Lagos recently.
Landgrabbing for Nigeria's rice revolution, Peter Jopke
The North-Eastern Nigerian State of Taraba is on the verge of handing over 30,000 hectares of land to
Dominion Farms. The Memorandum of Understanding of the public-private partnership was signed in February
2012. The mega-project is expected to reduce Nigerian rice imports by 15%. But what is been described as the
prelude to Nigeria's rice revolution could result in livelihood losses for about 45,000 inhabitants who will have to
vacate their lands. This intervention also raises concerns about the depletion of an important grazing area:
Mutum Biyu Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, where the land being given to Dominion is
located, is said to metamorphose into a "Lagos of Cows" during the Harmattan season. local rice farm in
Gassol.
Nigeria cannot stop rice Importation yet - Farmer
Alhaji Mohammed Bello Bakyasuwa is a major rice farmer in Zamfara State. He said the rice production
capacity of Nigerian farmers is too low to produce the rice that can substitute the imported variety into the
country.
Price bulletin
Fewsnet, January 2014
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/Nigeria_2014_01_PB.pdf

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Nigerian government to provide incentives to 10,000 dry season rice farmers in Bauchi
Allafrica, December 30, 2013
The Federal Government on Monday said it would provide incentives to 10,000 dry season rice farmers in
Bauchi State as part of effort to ensure food security in the country.
The Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture in the state, Mohammed Yusuf, said in Bauchi that the initiative
would be provided under the Growth Enhancement Support, GES, scheme.

Sénégal
Saison sèche chaude 2014 - 35.000 ha à emblaver en riz dans la vallée
Allafrica, 18 janvier 2014
Les prévisions de mise en valeur des terres dans la vallée du fleuve Sénégal portent sur une superficie estimée
à 39.970 hectares, dont 86 % réservés à la riziculture, a révélé, hier, le responsable de la division « Production
végétale » de la direction régionale du développement rural, Sada Ly.
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201401190323.html
Plus de 81 milliards nécessaires pour l'autosuffisance en riz
Le Programme de relance et d'accélération de la cadence de l'agriculture au Sénégal (PRACAS) fixe à plus de
81 milliards les besoins en financement pour l'atteinte de l'objectif de 900 000 tonnes de riz d'ici quatre ans.
De cette somme, la vallée du fleuve Sénégal aura besoin de 46,6 milliards, indique le document proposé
vendredi au cours d'un atelier de validation de la stratégie de mise en œuvre de la première année du
PRACAS, un nouveau programme qui intègre le Programme national d'autosuffisance en riz (PNAR).
Village de Samba Amafy Diallo - Le développement par l'agriculture
Situé à une trentaine de kilomètres de Saint-Louis, le village de Keur Samba Amady Diallo, est spécialisé dans
la riziculture. Plusieurs obstacles se dressent cependant sur le chemin des producteurs.
Malgré l'appui du projet américain African développement foundation (Adf), les contraintes sont d'actualité. Ces
populations qui veulent développer leur localité par l'agriculture sont confrontées à l'enclavement de ladite zone.
Bulletin mensuel N°309 du marché agricole
Commissariat à la sécurité alimentaire, décembre 2013
http://www.inter-reseaux.org/ressources-thematiques/ressources-sur-la/dispositifs-d-information-surles/article/bulletin-mensuel-no309-du-marche?var_mode=calcul

Afrique de l’Est
Price bulletin
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/East%20Africa_2014_1_PB_EN_2.pdf
Bulletin des prix
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/East%20Africa_2014_1_PB_FR_2.pdf

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Djibouti
Price bulletin
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/Djibouti_2014_1_PB_EN.pdf
Bulletin des prix
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/Djibouti_2014_1_PB_FR.pdf

Kenya
Mwea rice farmers get new combine harvester
Allafrica, December 31, 2013
Rice farmers in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kirinyaga county have adapted a mechanised harvesting to
reduce cost and post harvesting wastage.
The farmers are now using combine harvesting machine bought by Mwea Multipurpose Co-operative Society
from China.

Madagascar
Consommation - 300 000 tonnes de riz importées
Allafrica, 23 décembre 2013
La production rizicole accuse une baisse importante cette année pour différentes raisons. Les importations ont
été augmentées pour combler le gap.
HoRIZon N°54
Observatoire nationale du Riz, octobre – novembre 2013
http://www.inter-reseaux.org/ecrire/?exec=articles&id_article=9689

Ile Maurice
Consommation - Hausse du prix du panier des denrées de base
Alors que la semaine dernière le prix du lait a augmenté de Rs 6, cette semaine c'est au tour du riz basmati. En
effet, les sachets de 5 kilos devraient subir une hausse de 13 %. Selon des importateurs, cela serait dû au fait
que ce type de riz est très demandé en ce moment au niveau international.
Ruée vers le basmati importé par la STC
Presque sept tonnes de basmati, soit 1 372 sachets de cinq kilos, vendus en une journée. La vente du basmati
1121 et du basmati Pusa, à prix cassé, a rencontré un franc succès hier, vendredi 10 janvier. La STC, qui
importe ces deux types de riz, compte rééditer cette opération lundi.

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Somalie
Price bulletin
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/Somalia%202014_1_PB.pdf

Tanzanie
Grand farming plan in motion
President Jakaya Kikwete said in Dar es Salaam when opening the two-day Agribusiness East Africa
conference that under Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania, the focus is on improvement of
productivity of smallholder farmers.
Citing an example of Kilombero Plantation Limited, which has been allocated 10,000 hectares of land where
British and American largescale commercial rice producers are working with smallholder paddy rice farmers,
President Kikwete said the model has worked so well such that some African countries are borrowing a leaf
from it.
Training programme seeks to boost rice production
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives is holding ten-day training on supervision of rice
farming and storage, starting.
According to the Deputy Director of Agricultural Mechanisation, Engineer Mark Lyimo, the training involves 14
extension officers, 84 farmers from 14 different irrigation schemes from regional committees of Mbeya,
Morogoro, Tanga, Arusha, Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Ruvuma.
Rice prices to remain stable
Traders say food prices, especially of rice are expected to fall further following bumper harvest in southern
highland regions including Mbeya last year.
Economists have predicted deeper drop of the country's inflation rate on the back of favourable prices of rice
and other food crops. Rice is a staple food in many parts of the country, particularly coastal areas.
Price bulletin
http://www.fews.net/sites/default/files/documents/reports/Tanzania_2014_1_PB.pdf

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Afrique centrale
Cameroun
La Ligue camerounaise des consommateurs dénonce une taxe sur la vérification du riz importé
Agence Ecofin, 23 janvier 2014
Dans un communiqué qu’elle vient de rendre public la Ligue camerounaise des consommateurs (LCC) annonce
avoir saisi, par correspondance datée du 22 janvier 2014, le ministre camerounais de la Santé, André Mama
Fouda (photo), afin que celui-ci «revienne sur sa décision illégale, instaurant le paiement d’une taxe de
vérification sanitaire à l’importation de 250 FCfa par tonne de riz, appliquée par ses collaborateurs au Port
Autonome de Douala, depuis le 15 janvier dernier».
http://www.agenceecofin.com/gestion-publique/2301-16961-la-ligue-camerounaise-des-consommateursdenonce-une-taxe-sur-la-verification-du-riz-importe
Les riziculteurs à l’école
Il est question de leur faire appréhender les techniques de production semencière du riz pluvial.
Le riz est l'un des aliments les plus consommé au Cameroun. Et malgré un potentiel de production bien
important, les importations de cette denrée sont en constante augmentation. Les experts estiment à 6% par an,
le taux d'importation du riz de ces dix dernières années. Ce qui cause assurément un manque à gagner pour
l'économie camerounaise. Au ministère de la Recherche scientifique et de l'Innovation, on veut inverser la
tendance en mettant un accent particulier sur la production locale

Rwanda
Rice prices decrease by rwf100
Prices of rice have reduced by Rwf100 in markets and retail shops across the City of Kigali, a mini-survey
conducted by Business Times indicates.
A kilogramme of imported rice is now Rwf900 in Kimironko, Kicukiro and Remera markets compared to from
Rwf1,000 last week. That of locally-produced rice goes for Rwf650 compared to Rwf700.

Afrique Australe
Namibie
Kalimbeza rice project busy with harvesting
Workers at the Kalimbeza rice project are currently busy harvesting two rice varieties which survived last year's
heavy flooding in the Zambezi Region, which also left many villagers displaced.
Speaking to New Era this week, Patrick Kompeli, the agricultural research technician in the Ministry of
Agriculture, Water and Forestry said they are harvesting Irga and Angola short rice varieties, which will be ready
for the market around March and April.

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Zambie
North rice farmers cry for support
The Northern Region has got a lot of potential for rice growing going by the number of swamps and dambos as
well as the rainfall pattern that prevails in the region.
The region has more than 10,000 mainly small-scale rice farmers who grow rice in swamps, and most farmers
produce between five to 10 by 50 Kilogramme bags of rice.

Observatoire des prix/ Price Watch
Osiriz
Patricio Mendez del Villar, January
http://www.infoarroz.org/portal/uploadfiles/20140208122429_15_ia0114fr.pdf
Interice
Patricio Mendez del Villar,
http://www.infoarroz.org/portal/uploadfiles/20140208122356_15_ia0114en.pdf
Point sur la situation alimentaire au Sahel N°151
Afrique verte, novembre 2013
http://www.afriqueverte.org/r2_public/media/fck/File/Bulletins/PSA/PSA%20151-11-2013.pdf
Réseau des systèmes d’information des marchés d’Afrique de l’Ouest/ West African market Network
Resimao, mis à jour tous les 15 jours
http://www.resimao.org/html
http://www.resimao.org/html/en
FAO – Rice price update
FAO, January 2014
http://www.fao.org/economic/est/publications/rice-publications/the-fao-rice-price-update/en/
FAO – mise à jour des prix du riz
FAO, Janvier 2014
http://www.fao.org/economic/est/publications/publications-sur-le-riz/rapport-de-mise-a-jour-des-prix-du-rizde-la-fao/fr/

Afrique/Africa
S'orienter vers l’exportation de riz de qualité supérieure en Afrique
Vietnam+, 27 janvier 2014
L’Afrique est le plus grand marché du monde en termes de consommation de riz avec une demande de plus de
9 millions de tonnes/an.
Chaque année, ce continent en importe environ 6,5 millions de tonnes. Désormais, le Vietnam s'oriente vers le
riz de qualité supérieure pour accroître ses exportations en la matière vers cet immense marché.
http://fr.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Sorienter-vers-lexportation-de-riz-de-qualite-superieure-enAfrique/20141/38499.vnplus

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L'Afrique fait sa révolution dans le riz
Anne Matho, 21 janvier 2014
Semences de qualités, subventions… Autant d’ingrédients qui ont permis d’augmenter la production de riz de
8,4 % en moyenne en Afrique depuis 2007/2008, années des émeutes de la faim.
http://237online.com/article-06533-agriculture-l-afrique-fait-sa-revolution-dans-le-riz.html

Tendances mondiales/World tendancies
Fortified rice a critical ingredient in feeding a growing world population
Amidst almost any discussion of population growth you’re sure to hear concerns about the food supply and our
planet’s ability to sustain the 9.6 billion people expected to live here by 2050. One of the solutions researchers
have proposed is genetically modifying foods to increase yield, pest- and disease-resistance, and nutritiondensity. As this GMO-approach continues to garner criticism globally, despite increasing acceptance of
products like Golden Rice that provide important vitamins to those most at risk, food fortification may become a
popular alternative.
http://oryza.com/grain-interest/fortified-rice-critical-ingredient-feeding-growing-world-population

Recherche / Research
IRRI trials show 45% higher yield in flood-resistant 'swarna-sub1' rice variety
Trials on the Indian flood-resistant hybrid rice variety 'Swarna-Sub1' show that the variety can produce 45%
higher yield even when it was submerged underwater for 14 to 17 days, compared to ‘Swarna’, a rice variety
commonly cultivated in eastern India, according to sources.
http://oryza.com/news/research-development/irri-trials-show-45-higher-yield-flood-resistant-swarna-sub1rice-variety
Like 'white on rice', or rice for white?
Oryza, January, 22, 2014
Producers and suppliers of rice starch are pressuring customers to choose this natural additive over the artificial
color titanium dioxide that is commonly used in products such as chewing gum, sugar coated candies, printing
inks, toothpaste, plastics, papers, paint and more. Titanium dioxide gives these items their white appearance.
http://oryza.com/grain-interest/white-rice-or-rice-white
The Stigma placed on GMO foods a misplaced notion
In August, at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, a group of activists vandalized test
fields of so-called "golden rice," which has been genetically engineered to contain beta-carotene, a precursor of
vitamin A.
Some of the perpetrators were even supported by the Swedish government's International Development
Cooperation Agency via its funding of the radical Filipino group MASIPAG.

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