Problem that technology is supposed to solve :

- To increase yields and productivity of mangrove rice farming in Sierra Leone.

- Improve the livelihood of resource poor farmers

Technical characteristics of the technology :

- High yielding and disease resistance (leaf blast, brown spot &leaf scald)

- Tolerance to Salinity and acidity

- Tolerance to crab damage and another insect pest

- Good cooking and eating quality

- Good raw milled

- Resistant to rice yellow motor virus (RYMV)

- Good tillering ability

- Resistant to iron toxicity in the IVS

- Note all the NERICA varieties are early maturing

Economic characteristics of the technology

- Acquisition cost :

The cost of acquisition is approximately $25000 – 35000.

- Economic profitability :

- Increase farmers yields and productivity

- Increase farmers livelihood.

- Access to quality and improved seeds

- Comparative advantage :

The improved varieties generated are superior to the later varieties in term of high yielding, quality, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.

Limits of the technology :

- lack of adequate funds to disseminate technologies generated to end users.

- Lack of funds to multiply improved technologies generated.

- Lacks the necessary logistics required in the technology generation.

Technical sheet