The CGIAR–Canada Linkage Fund end-of-project workshop

At the end of a 3-year project ‘Improving rice processing strategies for
food security in West Africa’, a workshop was held on 26 April, in Cotonou. The
project was carried out in Benin and Nigeria jointly with the McGill
University, Montreal with support from Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) through the CGIAR–Canada Linkage Fund (CCLF). It focused on
postharvest operations,

Second International Dakar Agricultural Forum

At the Second
AfricaRice Dakar International Agriculture Forum (18–19 April), the Director
General presented strategic inputs to
the discussion on the role of agricultural innovation in the context of food
security, and AfricaRice scientists participated in a debate on global
agricultural regulations and governance in the context of the high and volatile
agricultural commodity prices of 2007–

STRASA II launched

The second phase of the ambitious Stress
Tolerant Rice for Poor Farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) project was
launched at workshops in New Delhi, India (5–8 April) and Dhaka, Bangladesh (8–12
April). The New Delhi workshop was followed by a project coordinators’ meeting.
Both workshops included a presentation of the achievements of STRASA phase I in
Africa.