CGIAR leadership visits AfricaRice

CGIAR Consortium Board Chair and recently-appointed CEO visited Africa Rice Center in Benin yesterday.

Perez del Castillo points to the shift of CGIAR research focus to programs. ‘We have centers working together to tackle the challenges but we need partnerships’, he said during an interview prepared by Africa Rice Center.



‘Without working partnerships we will not have opportunity to deliver

Helping develop national rice statistics in Africa

Agricultural
data can be difficult information to collect. However, the availability of
accurate and detailed information on agricultural production, processing and
consumption is extremely valuable when planning agricultural campaigns,
especially at the national level, to increase the overall availability of food
on the market.



Since
December 2007, AfricaRice has led an initiative to

Aider au développement des statistiques rizicoles nationales en Afrique

Les données agricoles peuvent s’avérer difficiles à
collecter. Toutefois, la disponibilité d’informations fiables et détaillées sur
la production, transformation et consommation agricole reste indispensable lors
de l’élaboration de politiques et plans de développement agricole, notamment au
niveau national en vue d’accroître la disponibilité générale des denrées
alimentaires sur le marché.