There are numerous other examples of increased rice production across Africa. For example in Guinea a new type of rice (known as New Rice for Africa, or Nerica) has quickly superseded other varieties. And since the launch of Uganda's Upland Rice Project in 2004, the National Agricultural Research Organization reports an almost nine-fold increase in the number of rice farmers from 4,000 in 2004 to over 35,000 in 2007.