New African rice set to reduce reliance on exports
Scientists say a key to alleviating food shortages in Africa may be an indigenous rice, largely abandoned in favour of Asian varieties.
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Africa seen buying more rice from Pakistan, Vietnam
African nations, which buy about nine million tonnes of rice a year from Asia, are likely to import the bulk of white rice from Pakistan and Vietnam.
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Life in Dakar: No water, rice, electricity
Senegal, which imports the majority of its food and all of its petrol, has been hit hard by rising food and fuel prices.
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