BGI's perennial rice is well-placed to overcome this challenge as it incorporates Oryza longistaminata wild rice genes from Africa, which enhances stress tolerance.

More information: Jingling Jiang et al, The 20 m Africa rice distribution map of 2023, Earth System Science Data (2025). DOI: 10.5194/essd-17-1781-2025. Provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Humans domesticated rice at least twice — once in Asia and once in Africa, from different species of wild rice. To chart the evolutionary history of African rice, François Sabot and Yves ...

Rachel Meyer and colleagues use whole-genome resequencing of 93 African rice landraces to generate a SNP map used for population analysis and a genome-wide association study for salt tolerance traits.

Rice has become a big part of Ghanaians' daily diet. The country consumes about 1.45 million tons a year—but produces only 987,000 tons, approximately 68% of that. The African continent faces a ...

The rice is called 'Nerica' - short for 'New Rice for Africa' - and it produces better yields than local strains, according to the researchers. Nerica rice is a hybrid of two rice strains - one from ...

DOUALA, CAMEROON — A few decades ago, rice was a luxury for rural Africa, a dish reserved for the big occasions like Christmas. The grain is now one of the most consumed staples south of the ...

So! Cultivated rice (as opposed to wild rice), all originates, according to genetic research, from a single crop in China somewhere around 10,000 years ago. From that one batch, the two species of ...

A 20-meter resolution rice distribution map of Africa for 2023 provides comprehensive, accurate coverage of major rice-growing regions, with classification accuracy above 85% and R² > 0.9 versus ...