USAID and Africa Rice Center join hands to provide emergency assistance in West Africa

To
assist vulnerable households who have been severely affected by
soaring rice prices, the Africa Rice Center with support from the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the USA
Government’s Famine Prevention Fund facility, is spearheading a 2-year
emergency project to boost the rice
production in four West African countries – Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and
Senegal.