The paper, "The genome sequence of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and evidence for independent domestication," was published online in Nature Genetics on Sunday.

The word “rice” appears 62 times on Judith Carney’s resume. In names of articles, titles of lectures--rice in Africa, rice in South Carolina, rice on hillsides, in swamps, rice as food, as ...

African rice -- known scientifically as Oryza glaberrima-- was domesticated about 3,500 years ago in West Africa, where it thrived for centuries. But today it is grown only in scattered pockets ...

Long before Asian rice (Oryza sativa) reached Africa's shores, local farmers had domesticated a local species to develop African cultivated rice (O. glaberrima).

However, a distinct species of African rice (Oryza glaberrima), was domesticated in present-day Mali over 3,000 years ago, long before Europeans ever arrived on the African continent.

ATAKPAMEY (Togo): One by one, Ali Kassim pulls out the weeds that have grown in his rice paddy. It's surprisingly rare in Africa, but he is cultivating African rice – once close to ...

But in the 16th century, Portuguese colonizers introduced high-yield Asian rice (Oryza sativa) to the African continent, replacing much of the production of native rice (Oryza glaberrima).

Grains are a great way to add plenty of nutrition to meals. You can get out of a food rut by exploring all the grains Africa has to offer, from teff to millet.

African rice – known scientifically as Oryza glaberrima – was domesticated about 3,500 years ago in West Africa, where it thrived for centuries. But today it is grown only in scattered pockets ...

As part of a redoubled effort to stave off future food crises by bringing Africa's rice production in line with its rapidly growing consumption, scientists have announced a paradigm shift in rice ...