Council of Ministers

AfricaRice Council of Ministers 

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The highest governing body of AfricaRice is the Council of Ministers (CoM) consisting of ministerial level representatives (ministers of agriculture or ministers of scientific research) of all AfricaRice member countries. Each member country appoints one representative.

 

Statutory meetings of the AfricaRice CoM are held once every two years. At the beginning of each ordinary session, the CoM elects a chair. The Chairmanship of the Council is rotated biennially between the regions of the continent (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) that are members of AfricaRice.

 

The Director General of AfricaRice serves as Secretary to the CoM. The current Chairmanship of the AfricaRice Council of Ministers is held by the Republic of Madagascar.

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Resolutions

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• 32nd ordinary session of  Council of Ministers of AfricaRice, 31 March 2022, Cairo, Egypt

• 31st ordinary session of  Council of Ministers  of AfricaRice, Sep 2018 Dakar, Senegal 

• 30th Ordinary Session of  Council of Ministers of AfricaRice, Aug 2016, Kampala, Uganda​

• 29th Ordinary Session of Council of Ministers of AfricaRice, Dec 2013, N’Djamena, Chad

• 28th Ordinary Session of Council of Ministers of AfricaRice, Sep 2011, Banjul, The Gambia

• 27th Ordinary Session of Council of Ministers of AfricaRice, Sep 2009, Lomé, Togo

• 26th Ordinary Session of Council of Ministers of AfricaRice,  Sep 2007, Abuja, Nigeria

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Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry

 

Constitution of the Africa Rice Center

Constitution of the Africa Rice Center 32nd COM

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