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Tiziana De Magistris carried out a working visit that started on Monday 18 March and ended on 23 March This working visit was marked by the sharing of experiences, strategic planning sessions, visits to the "I am very pleased with this visit. The first day of the working visit was marked by a visit to the AfricaRice research station in Mbé, including a visit to the center’s laboratories and experimental sites.

The visit started with the introduction of the AfricaRice staff present and also of the members of the the Director General of AfricaRice, Dr Baboucarr Manneh, expressed his thanks for the delegation's visit work, expressing his satisfaction and admiration for the research and innovations presented during the visit the EU's commitment to continuing its collaboration with the center and announced plans for further visits Field Visit This visit underscored the importance of fostering international partnerships to advance

23, 2024, Abidjan – AfricaRice was honored to host U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his tour Akinwumi Adesina President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), paid a visit to AfricaRice, a longtime project beneficiaries by 32% (from US$459 to US$604) and increased rice production by more than 1 million tons rice self-sufficiency with initiatives such as AfDB’s REWARD program which aims to produce 53 million tons Following a tour on the exhibition stands that AfricaRice prepared in its premises with its partners,

As part of her tour to visit One CGIAR centers, the new CGIAR Executive Managing Director (EMD) Dr. Ismahane Elouafi visited Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in Côte d'Ivoire from January 11 to 13, 2024 Elouafi seized the opportunity of this visit to put science diplomacy at work, as she was given audiences During this visit, Dr. Elouafi also visited AfricaRice research station in Mbé. Elouafi also made the most of the opportunity to visit AfricaRice's facilities in Mbé, particularly laboratories

Visit to AfricaRice of Dr Chiji Ojukwu, Managing Director of Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC African Development Bank and now Managing Director of the Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC), visited The objective of the visit was to follow up on a Memorandum of Understanding signed with AfricaRice in During the visit, the APDC delegation agreed with AfricaRice on areas that would constitute an action

accompanied by Dr Yonnelle Dea Moukoumbi, Head of CAMES Research and Focal point for KAFACI project in Gabon, visited The meeting at AfricaRice is part of a series of visits in West Africa by the delegation in connection The purpose of these visits is to initiate discussions with various institutions involved in rice research During their visit to Côte d'Ivoire from 15 to 18 April 2019, the Gabonese delegation was received by AfricaRice, CNRA and ADERIZ and made a field visit to the AfricaRice research station in M’bé, near

of Economic Growth Program, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Office in Côte d’Ivoire, visited

in Benin, Her Excellency Mme Belen Teresa ORSINI PIC (with jurisdiction over Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Niger), visited AfricaRice headquarters in Abidjan on 15 April 2019. The visit was made in connection with the South-South cooperation between FAO and Venezuela entitled

Dr Chiji Ojukwu, Directeur général du Centre de développement de projets africains (APDC), en visite aujourd'hui Directeur général du Centre de développement de projets africains (APDC), a effectué une visite L'objectif de la visite était de donner suite à un protocole d'accord signé avec AfricaRice en décembre Au cours de la visite, la délégation d’APDC a convenu avec AfricaRice de définir des domaines qui constitueraient

Une délégation d'AfricaRice rend une visite de courtoisie au Ministre ivoirien de l'Enseignement supérieur Albert Toikeusse Mabri, Ministre ivoirien de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique

Baboucarr Manneh paid a visit to the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Omar Alieu Touray in Abuja (Nigeria). H.E. Dr Touray expressed his commitment to support AfricaRice in fulfilling its mission which is aligned with Both leaders also took advantage of the meeting to revive and reinvigorate the long and valued close Dr Touray.

Baboucarr Manneh paid a visit to the President of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS Omar Alieu Touray in Abuja (Nigeria). H.E. Dr Touray expressed his commitment to support AfricaRice in fulfilling its mission which is aligned with Both leaders also took advantage of the meeting to revive and reinvigorate the long and valued close Dr Touray.

This visit occurred few weeks after the kick-off workshop of the RIZAO program, fully funded by the Mastercard This visit symbolizes a crucial milestone in strengthening the partnership between both organizations During this visit, attended by a Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) representative and Today, we are innovating with quality packaging, and our rice is now available in supermarkets across Another highlight of this visit was the tour to the experimental farm, during which the CEO of the Foundation

January 25, 2024 - The Africa Regional Directors and Center DGs paid a courtesy visit to AfDB President Dr Akinwumi Adesina, followed by a second courtesy visit to the Ivorian State Minister of Agriculture The minister appreciated the visit and commended the work of the centers: ‘‘it is crucial that research This historic coordinated group visit to a financing partner will help forge new opportunities that will african-development-bank-group-and-research-centres-transform-african-agriculture-and-improve-food-security-68239 View AfDB visit

held at AfricaRice Training Center in Senegal, aimed to equip extension agents and lead farmers with tools Terres du Delta de Fleuve Sénégal et des Vallées du Fleuve Sénégal et de la Falémé  (SAED) included visits farmer field schools established to increasing farmers awareness of adaptive technologies, such as salt-tolerant understand different types of soil salinity, how to measure it on the farm and address it using salt-tolerant Participants of the training program during a field visit. (Credit: AfricaRice)

Science Week 2024 (Credit Photo: AfricaRice) Mbé, Côte d’Ivoire – AfricaRice Science Week 2024 brought together A highlight of the event was a field visit to M'Bahiakro near Bouaké, where participants interacted with AfricaRice Science Week 2024 served as a catalyst for new partnerships and investments, charting a path toward Participants of AfricaRice Science Week 2024 during the field visit. (Credit Photo: AfricaRice)

. - Evaluating progress made by member countries toward rice self-sufficiency since the first high-level The event brought together ministers from member countries, directors of national agricultural research Toward a Shared Vision for the Future of Rice Cultivation in Africa  The first day ended with renewed the official opening of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the AfricaRice Council of Ministers, bringing together

.), sexual violence (rape, touching, sexual harassment, etc.), forced marriages, femicide and genital

An AfricaRice team led by the Director General, Dr Manneh Baboucarr, visited the French Centers of Agricultural The visit led to three short-term mains outcomes (i) staff of CIRAD will be posted at AfricaRice station

Climate change has made risks in agriculture more complex, but decision-support tools empower farmers RiceAdvice, an Android app, is one such tool that has become a game-changer for the rice sector in Mali Therefore, digital tools that can eliminate guesswork and increase yields, profits and resilience are Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is harnessing the potential of digital tools, such as RiceAdvice Developed by AfricaRice, this science-backed decision-support tool is adapted to irrigated lowland and

Governments and representatives of international organizations, the remarkable work of CGIAR centers toward Organized under the theme of “The Future We Make Together: Shared Growth, Sustainability, and Solidarity Manneh also paid a visit to the National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), where, in the presence of This long and fruitful collaboration has resulted in the release of some 26 high-yielding, stress-tolerant

The exhibition took place in front of the town hall of Antananarivo where about fifty stands presented and Nutrition Security in the Comoros and Madagascar), implemented by the consortium AfricaRice-IITA, took Harifidy RAMILISON, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, led a delegation who visited the AfricaRice-IITA

Today, 11 fabricators and artisans can fabricate, repair and support parboiling activities in Madagascar On a fortuitous visit to Mahabo six months after the donation, I was literally shown stars in new booklets Each star is a voluntary 2000 Ariary (Madagascar currency) token savings arising from the profits of

Picture 1: Field visit in Tsaramandroso, Boeny region with experts from CRR Boeny and DRA of FOFIFA, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT , CIP , IITA , ICRISAT  and ILRI , have joined hands together combat environmental degradation and by providing modern methods of plant and animal breeding to achieve tolerance the crop, supporting the scientific tasks of co-producing technologies and innovations (varieties, tools , methodologies, agricultural equipment), capacity building towards researchers and seed governance staff

nutritional benefit, these varieties are high yielding, early maturing, blast disease resistant and cold tolerant So far more than 1995 rice value chain actors have visited the demo-plots and identified the varieties Consequently, a total of 4 tons of early generation seeds for the three varieties were produced and ready