Good quality rice pays off: Highlighting importance of rice postharvest

AfricaRice
was invited to participate in a special side event on “Rice post-harvest
systems: Saving rice harvest and moving towards better livelihoods,” at the 2nd
West & Central Africa Agricultural Science Week and the General Assembly of
CORAF/WECARD, 24-28 May 2010, Cotonou, Benin.





AfricaRice
experts presented a strategic overview of the Center’s rice research for
development activities

Japan Emergency Rice Project benefits over 58,000 vulnerable rice farmers

The
Emergency Rice Project launched by AfricaRice with support from Japan in the
wake of the food crisis has been able to help a total of 58,226 vulnerable
farmers get access to quality seed and at the same time, to reinforce or
rebuild seed systems.





More
than 60% of the project countries have now a good starting seed capital for the
production of newly released varieties, including upland

Interview with Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck on food crisis

Interview with Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Director General of the Africa Rice Center, on food crisis(15 April 2010)Dr Seck warns of the continent’s continuing vulnerability to food crises and describes vigorous measures being taken to strengthen domestic production.Q: The food price crisis of 2008, while impacting people around the world, hit Africa’s rice consumers especially hard. Is the crisis

Interview du Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck sur la crise alimentaire

Interview du Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Directeur Général du Centre du riz pour l’Afrique, sur la crise alimentaire(15 Avril 2010) Dr Seck prévient que le continent est toujours vulnérable aux crises alimentaires et décrit toute la batterie de mesures vigoureuses en cours pour renforcer la production locale.Q: La crise des prix des produits alimentaires de 2008, tout en ayant un impact sur les