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AfricaRice Clarifies Misinformation on Broken Rice and Reaffirms Commitment to Food Security in Africa
AfricaRice Clarifies Misinformation on Broken Rice and Reaffirms Commitment to Food Security in Africa
Feb 272 min read
Antananarivo accueille la 33e Session Ordinaire du Conseil des Ministres d’AfricaRice
Jour 3: session ordinaire du Conseil des ministres d’AfricaRice Le 15 novembre 2024 a marqué l’ouverture officielle de la 33e Session...
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Jour 2 de la 33e session du Conseil des Ministres d’AfricaRice : Madagascar Rice Day et Réunion du Comité des Experts Nationaux Antananarivo.
Antananarivo, le 14 novembre 2024 – La deuxième journée de la 33e session du Conseil des Ministres d’AfricaRice, réunion de haut niveau...
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Antananarivo accueille la 33e session du Conseil des Ministres d’AfricaRice pour renforcer la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique
Jour 1: Réunion ministérielle technique Antananarivo, le 13 novembre 2024 – Aujourd’hui s’est tenue à Antananarivo la Réunion...
Nov 15, 20243 min read
33rd Ordinary session of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
33rd Ordinary session of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
Sep 19, 20241 min read
Workshop: Construction of a surveillance Network of rice diseases in Africa.
Working Together - The CGIAR-CIRAD-IRD-NARS-NPPO workshop (CCINNOW) for a more robust pest and disease surveillance network in Africa...
Mar 6, 20244 min read
Instant Prediction of the rice yield by Artificial Intelligence-based image analysis
Rice (Oryza spp.) is one of the most important crops supplying up to 20% of the world’s food energy. To face climate change and increase...
Jul 25, 20232 min read
AfricaRice Council of Ministers appoints new Director General
Dr Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian national, was appointed as Director General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) by the Council of...
Mar 6, 20233 min read
AfricaRice’s Disclaimer
AfricaRice’s Disclaimer on the Op-ed titled “Dakar 2 summit: Africa’s agrifood system and triple Helix,” by Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, published...
Feb 9, 20231 min read
AfricaRice Agronomist-Consultant wins 2022 IFA Emerging Scholar Award
Jean-Martial Johnson, a trailblazing young researcher who supports the Sustainable Enhancement Productivity Program at AfricaRice...
Nov 11, 20222 min read
AfricaRice and CERFAM join forces to support African countries to end hunger
AfricaRice and CERFAM join forces to support African countries to end hunger through South-South cooperation Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 3...
Oct 3, 20223 min read
USAID-AfricaRice project sets the stage for a resilient, vibrant seed industry in Senegal
An innovative public-private partnership-based project, led by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) with support from the United States...
Aug 23, 20224 min read
AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope Prize laureate of the 7th Niigata...
Aug 4, 20222 min read
High-level consultations pave the way to enhanced food and nutrition-security for Madagascar
12 July 2022, Antananarivo, Madagascar — Opportunities to address the needs and priorities of Madagascar with respect to agriculture,...
Jul 12, 20223 min read
CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 - A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West and Central Africa entitled ‘Transforming Agrifood...
Jun 21, 20223 min read
32nd Ordinary Session of the AfricaRice Council of Ministers
Alignment of AfricaRice with One CGIAR acclaimed . High Expectations from the Alignment. The decision taken by the Africa Rice Center...
May 15, 20229 min read
AfricaRice innovations that have impacted the livelihoods of women in Africa
(Blog post courtesy of Dr Gaudiose Mujawamariya, Rice Value Chain Expert and Gender Focal Point, AfricaRice) For the past fifty years,...
Mar 9, 20224 min read
To achieve gender equality in science, support young women who choose scientific careers
AfricaRice PhD student Laurence Dossou Laurence Dossou, from Benin, is working on her doctoral thesis on the identification of new...
Mar 8, 20224 min read
AfricaRice honored with the Republic of Korea Presidential Award of Achievement 2021
Conferring the Republic of Korea’s Presidential Award of Achievement 2021 to AfricaRice, His Excellency Sang Ryul Lee, Ambassador of the...
Nov 24, 20213 min read
‘Borlaug Field Award winner Elliott Dossou-Yovo, an AfricaRice scientist, is a role model’
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley congratulates the laureate for his outstanding achievement Complimenting Dr Elliott...
Oct 22, 20212 min read
AfricaRice scientist wins 2021 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Nairobi, Kenya (September 9, 2021): From the virtual stage of the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, World Food Prize Foundation...
Sep 9, 20214 min read
Over 5000 rice value chain actors in Senegal to benefit from youth-focused COVID-19 response
Saint Louis - Senegal, 23 March 2021 To support the government of Senegal’s efforts in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on...
Mar 23, 20214 min read
AfricaRice and Liberia solidify ties to build resilient rice-based food systems
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 December 2020. The partnership between the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and Liberia, dates back to the...
Dec 18, 20203 min read
AfricaRice Board of Trustees Resolves to Amend the 2016 Revised AfricaRice Constitution
Communique of the 49th meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees | The 49th meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees held on...
Nov 25, 20203 min read
Launch of AfricaRice Annual Report 2019: Toward rice-based food systems transformation in Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 September 2020 - At a time when the need for a research-based transformation of food systems to achieve a...
Sep 2, 20202 min read
COVID-19 and food security | Limiting the impact of the crisis on rice value chains in West Africa
Rice plays a strategic role in food security in West Africa, but the region increasingly relies on imports, and local value chains .....
Jul 30, 20204 min read
AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was officially inaugurated by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Côt
Feb 27, 20202 min read
AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in Africa, the Board of Trustees of the...
Jan 5, 20203 min read
AfricaRice and Africa Harvest join forces with national partners to boost East Africa’s rice...
AfricaRice and Africa Harvest join forces with national partners to boost East Africa’s rice productivity and competitiveness Project to...
Jan 5, 20204 min read
AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded project on Technologies for African...
Jan 5, 20205 min read
AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboration with national partners, has launched a...
Jan 5, 20203 min read
AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
9 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with excellent grain quality, developed by...
Jan 5, 20204 min read
An IFAD-supported network invested in reaching the full food potential of crops in Africa
14 March 2019, Kampala, Uganda – This is a project borne of a vision shared by the Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP), the Africa Rice...
Jan 5, 20205 min read
AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agenda
The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently under the chairmanship of His...
Jan 5, 20205 min read
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