By adopting improved rice varieties developed by AfricaRice and its partners, about 8 million people in 16 countries in Africa have been lifted out of poverty.
AfricaRice DG Dr. Baboucarr Manneh met with ARCN, ECOWAS, and Jigawa State leaders to advance rice self-sufficiency across West Africa.
What's new
AfricaRice’s main research complex is located at M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, on a 700-ha site that includes experimental farms covering major rice production systems, laboratories and a world-class genebank.