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No poverty
By adopting improved rice varieties developed by AfricaRice and its partners, about 8 million people in 16 countries in Africa have been lifted out of poverty.
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AfricaRice and AATF Sign Five-Year Partnership to Accelerate Rice Self-Sufficiency and Improve Farmer Livelihoods Across Africa
AfricaRice and the AATF signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to jointly advance rice productivity, strengthen food and nutrition security, and reduce poverty across Africa.


AfricaRice Welcomes Côte d'Ivoire's Food Crops Minister in a New Step Toward Deeper Research Collaboration
Bouaké, July 3, 2026 AfricaRice welcomed the Minister Delegate in charge of Food crops, Mr. Bernard Kini Comoé, to its research center in M'Bé for a working visit dedicated to the institution's contribution to Côte d'Ivoire's rice food sovereignty. The delegation, accompanied by Mrs. Traoré Fatoumata, Deputy Mayor of Bouaké, Professor Abdourahamane Sangare, Director General of the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) and Dr. Yacouba Dembele, Director General of the
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AfricaRice’s main research complex is located at M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, on a 700-ha site that includes experimental farms covering major rice production systems, laboratories and a world-class genebank.
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