Madagascar delighted to join AfricaRice as member State

The
Government of Madagascar has conveyed its deep appreciation to AfricaRice
Council of Ministers for accepting its application to join the Center.



“Rice
is critical to our country’s economy. We have joined AfricaRice because we
realize that the future of rice production in the continent depends on this
partnership,” stated His Excellency Mr Mamitiana Jaonina, Minister of
Agriculture of

AfricaRice student wins 2009-2010 Africa-wide science competitions

Ms
Esperance Benedicte Zossou of Benin, who is pursuing her postgraduate studies
at AfricaRice, won the Third Prize in the 2009-2010 Africa-Wide Women &
Young Professional in Science Competitions for her work on the “Technological
and institutional innovations triggered by farmer-to-farmer rice parboiling
video in Central Benin.”



The
Science Competitions were organized jointly by CTA, FARA,

IFAD-funded rice project makes steady progress in DR Congo, Guinea and Sierra Leone

The
IFAD project to boost rice production in West and Central Africa (WCA) held its
second and critical implementers’ meeting, 12-15 Jul 2010 in Cotonou,
Benin.  The key themes of this meeting were to share results, to review
progress and to strengthen existing strategies to sustain activities even as
the project concludes.



The
overall goal of this Project is to improve the contribution of