Rice policy workshop

A workshop on the ‘Competitiveness of rice value chains after the rice crisis: Lessons from case studies’ was organized, on 25–26 September, as a side event after the 40th anniversary celebration in Banjul. Eighteen participants attended — representatives of national agricultural research programs and national statistical services from 11 countries, private sector, the African Union and

AfricaRice 40th anniversary celebration

To coincide with the CoM, the Center’s 40th anniversary was celebrated in Banjul, Gambia on 24 September, under the theme ‘40 years of rice research at the service of Africa’. It was fitting that the anniversary was commemorated in Gambia — one of the founding members of the Association and one of the main supporters of local rice on the continent.

AfricaRice’s celebration was inaugurated by

28th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers

The 28th Ordinary Session of the AfricaRice
Council of Ministers (CoM) was held in Banjul chaired by Gambia, on 22 and 23
September. The opening message of the President of Gambia, delivered by the
Secretary General, recognized that AfricaRice has been relentless in its
advocacy for support to the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa.



Recognizing that international public goods,
such as

AfricaRice Science Week and GRiSP-Africa Science Forum

GRiSP aims to mobilize the very best of the world’s
rice science and involve the widest possible range of stakeholders in the
technology generation and dissemination process to address, among others,
Africa’s major rice-development challenges.



The GRiSP-Africa Science Forum, held at
AfricaRice’s temporary headquarters in Cotonou, from 12 to 16 September, was
attended by over 100