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ArticleField crops research2021

Assessing rice production sustainability performance indicators and their gaps in twelve sub-Saharan African countries.

Aminou Arouna, Krishna Prasad Devkota, Wilfried Gnipabo Yergo, Kazuki Saito, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Patrice Ygue Adegbola, Meougbe Ernest Depieu, Dorothy Malaa Kenyi, Germaine Ibro, Amadou Abdoulaye Fall and 1 more

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Aminou ArounaAfrica Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2551, Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire.
Krishna Prasad DevkotaAfrica Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2551, Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire.
Wilfried Gnipabo YergoAfrica Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2551, Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire.
Kazuki SaitoAfrica Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 BP 2551, Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire.
Benedicta Nsiah FrimpongCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Kumasi, Ghana.
Patrice Ygue AdegbolaInstitut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Cotonou, Benin.
Meougbe Ernest DepieuCentre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Gagnoa, Cote d'Ivoire.
Dorothy Malaa KenyiInstitut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (IRAD), Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Germaine IbroInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), Niamey, Niger.
Amadou Abdoulaye FallInstitut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Sani UsmanNational Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

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Abstract

The benchmarking and monitoring of rice production performance indicators are essential for improving rice production self-sufficiency, increasing profitability, reducing labor requirements, optimizing fertilizer inputs, engaging youths in rice production, and increasing the overall sustainability of smallholder rice production systems in countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this paper, we quantified five sustainability performance indicators (grain yield, net profit, labor productivity, and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) use efficiencies) to benchmark rice production systems in SSA. Data were collected between 2013-2014 from 2907 farmers from two rice production systems (irrigated and rainfed lowlands) across five agroecological zones (arid, semiarid, humid, subhumid and highlands) in 12 countries (Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Togo). The exploitable gap for each indicator (the difference between the mean of 10 % highest-yielding farms and the mean-yielding farms) was calculated across the countries, the two production systems and agroecological zones. The mean yield varied widely between 2.5 to 5.6 t ha

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Irrigated lowlandNet profitNitrogen use efficiencyPhosphorus use efficiencyRainfed lowlandYield gap

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