Board approves AfricaRice lead role in GRiSP in Africa

At its 2011 meeting, held in Saint-Louis,
Senegal, 7–10 March, the Center’s Board of Trustees endorsed AfricaRice’s lead
role for the continent in the recently launched Global Rice Science Partnership
(GRiSP) that aims to contribute to significantly lowering rice prices and
reducing global poverty by more than 10%.



The Board expressed keen interest in the Center’s
new research thrusts,