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AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley

Harold Roy-Macauley is CGIAR Managing Director for Regions & Partnership and Director General of AfricaRice.

Dr Roy-Macauley  is a Sierra Leonean national and has nearly 30 years of experience in agricultural research for development with extensive leadership and management expertise. Before joining AfricaRice, he was the Executive Director of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), a leading sub-regional organization that coordinates and facilitates agricultural research and development activities in 22 countries in the region. He served previously as the Regional Director for World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in West and Central Africa. He has consulted for numerous international and bilateral organizations on application of biosafety and biotechnology to agriculture, notably in Africa. He was the Managing Director for the Regional Center for Improving Adaptation to Drought (CERAAS) in Senegal, a research and training center of CORAF/WECARD that worked mainly on food crops grown in dry regions. He is fluently bilingual in English and French. He obtained his PhD degree in tropical plant biology in 1993 from the Université Denis Diderot in France, his MSc degree in tropical plant biology in 1988 from the Université de Pierre et Marie Curie in France, and his BSc with honors in botany degree in 1982 from the University of Sierra Leone.

Harold ROY-MACAULEY, Directeur Général Africa Rice soutient l’initiative AAA :
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Harold ROY-MACAULEY, Directeur Général Africa Rice soutient l’initiative AAA :

Découvrez les films de soutien de l’initiative AAA. Chaque jour, une nouvelle personnalité nous parle de sa vision de l’Adaptation de l’Agriculture Africaine aux changements climatiques. En utilisant le #weAAAre sur Twitter ou en s’inscrivant via le site internet, vous aurez la possibilité de voir votre soutien matérialisé pendant la COP22, qui se tiendra du 7 au 18 novembre 2016 à Marrakech : http://www.aaainitiative.org/fr/we-are Discover the movies of support for the AAA iniitative. Each day a personality talk to us about his vision of the Adaptation of african Agriculture to climate change. The #WeAAAre campaign clip shows the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change in action. It features everyone who contributes to the development of Africa’s agricultural potential based on the solutions promoted by the AAA initiative. By using #weAAAre on Twitter or by registering via the website, you will be able to see its support taking form during COP22, which will be held in Marrakech from November 7th to 18th, 2016: http://www.aaainitiative.org/we-are
AfricaRice rededicates itself on World Food Day to boost rice production
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AfricaRice rededicates itself on World Food Day to boost rice production

Today, the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), along with people and organizations around the world, observed World Food Day, a day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for action against hunger. The theme for this year’s World Food Day 2015 is ‘Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty.’ This theme has been chosen to draw global attention to the role that social protection plays in eradicating hunger and poverty. AfricaRice is a leading pan-African research organization with a mission to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa. It has recently returned its headquarters to Cote d’Ivoire. AfricaRice research program and partnerships aim at transforming the African rice sector and breaking the chains of poverty by generating capacity for local production, processing and marketing of rice and rapidly decreasing dependence on world markets. On this important occasion, we thank the rice farming community across Africa for putting rice on our tables and we rededicate ourselves to improving their lives through research and development. We are equally committed to helping our member countries, including Cote d’Ivoire, achieve their objective of rice self-sufficiency and break the cycle of rural poverty. Dr Harold Roy-Macauley AfricaRice Director General Video credit : Savitri Mohapatra, R.Raman, AfricaRice
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