Workshop on National and Regional Variety Catalogs

A workshop on ‘Varietal release and national and regional
variety catalogs’ was held, 15–16 December, in Cotonou, to raise awareness of
rice breeders involved in the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force on issues
relating to variety testing, characterization, releases, cataloguing and
maintenance; breeder/foundation seed production; and harmonization of
descriptors. Presentations on the current