BADEA and AfricaRice join forces to help build Africa’s capacity in rice R&D

For the 2nd year in a row, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
(BADEA) and AfricaRice teamed up to strengthen Africa’s capacity in integrated
rice management (IRM), to bridge yield gaps in farmers’ fields and raise rice
production in the region.

As part of this, two training courses – one for English-speaking countries
(15-26 November) and another for French-speaking countries (

AfricaRice receives the South-South Cooperation Excellence Award 2010

AfricaRice was presented the South-South Cooperation Excellence Award 2010 at
the just-concluded Third Annual Global South-South Development Expo in Geneva,
Switzerland, for its NERICA rice varieties for the upland ecology (18
varieties) and for the lowland ecology (60 varieties), which were recognized as
an innovative development option from the South.

On behalf of AfricaRice, Dr Inussa

EC-funded project in West Africa shows successful multi-stakeholder involvement in inland valleys

 
The establishment of multi-platform players at the village level – in
southwestern Benin and in the circle of Sikasso in Mali – and the strong
involvement of stakeholders are already positive signs of the successful
management of land development by the actors themselves.

This was the verdict of the participants who attended the final workshop of the
first phase of the European

Aligning with Global Rice Science Partnership

AfricaRice is an important partner in the Global Rice Science Partnership
(GRiSP), which is a bold new rice research initiative that aims to lift 150
million people out of poverty by 2035 through partnership-based research and
more ecoefficient production systems that are more resilient to climate change.


GRiSP was launched as the first new Consultative Group on International
Agricultural

AfricaRice lays the groundwork for setting new research priorities

AfricaRice scientists and their partners attending the Center’s Research Days,
29 November to 2 December 2010, began an important exercise to set new research
priorities as part of the Strategic Plan that the Center is developing.

Based on household- and village-level datasets collected from more than 20
countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the participants were asked to give their best
estimates