Highlights Five indicators for rice production and their gaps were assessed in 12 countries. The indicators include yield, profit, labor productivity, N- and P-use efficiencies. Mean yield varied: 2.5–5.6 t ha −1 in irrigated and 0.6–2.3 t ha −1 in rainfed. There were yield gaps of 29–69 % and profit gaps of 10–89 %. Less than 50 % of farmers had desirable ranges in N- or P-use efficiencies.

This paper simulates the impact of devaluation on real incomes in rural and urban Senegal using detailed household income and expenditure data. The key result is that some rural areas, considered potential beneficiaries because they produce exportable peanuts, are as negatively affected as the urban areas where a large share of expenditure goes to imported rice. The negative impact in rural areas is due to higher consumption of imported rice and lower production of peanuts than suggested by conventional wisdom. These consumption and production patterns leads to greater negative demand-side effects and smaller positive supply-side effects than expected in most rural zones.i

Mesure de l'efficacité technique des riziculteurs du bassin du fleuve Sénégal

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