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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope Prize laureate of the 7th Niigata...
High-level consultations pave the way to enhanced food and nutrition-security for Madagascar
12 July 2022, Antananarivo, Madagascar — Opportunities to address the needs and priorities of Madagascar with respect to agriculture,...
CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 - A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West and Central Africa entitled ‘Transforming Agrifood...
AfricaRice Scientist Dr Aminou Arouna wins AAEA Quality of Research Discovery Award 2022
AfricaRice is delighted to announce that Dr Aminou Arouna, Impact Assessment Economist and Leader of the Policy, Innovation Systems and...
Release of new AfricaRice publication commemorating 50 years of rice innovation and impact
In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is delighted to announce the publication of an impact...
32nd Ordinary Session of the AfricaRice Council of Ministers
Alignment of AfricaRice with One CGIAR acclaimed . High Expectations from the Alignment. The decision taken by the Africa Rice Center...
Emergency policy options
Emergency policy options to increase resilience of rice-based agri-food system actors in the context of the Russia-Ukraine crisis Aminou...
AfricaRice innovations that have impacted the livelihoods of women in Africa
(Blog post courtesy of Dr Gaudiose Mujawamariya, Rice Value Chain Expert and Gender Focal Point, AfricaRice) For the past fifty years,...
To achieve gender equality in science, support young women who choose scientific careers
AfricaRice PhD student Laurence Dossou Laurence Dossou, from Benin, is working on her doctoral thesis on the identification of new...
AfricaRice shines spotlight on resilient rice-based agri-food systems for nutrition and health
In the face of unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 and extreme climate disasters that have wreaked havoc on the world, the need for...
AfricaRice honored with the Republic of Korea Presidential Award of Achievement 2021
Conferring the Republic of Korea’s Presidential Award of Achievement 2021 to AfricaRice, His Excellency Sang Ryul Lee, Ambassador of the...
Professor Abdulai Jalloh, AfricaRice Research and Innovation Lead
Prof. Abdulai Jalloh joined the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in November 2021 as Research and Innovation Lead. He works directly under...
‘Borlaug Field Award winner Elliott Dossou-Yovo, an AfricaRice scientist, is a role model’
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley congratulates the laureate for his outstanding achievement Complimenting Dr Elliott...
When women take the lead in improving income and nutrition
Successful introduction of parboiled rice in Madagascar The importance of rice in the culture and diet of the Malagasy people is well...
AfricaRice scientist wins 2021 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Nairobi, Kenya (September 9, 2021): From the virtual stage of the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, World Food Prize Foundation...
A women's group in Madagascar fights all odds to produce quality seeds
(Blog post courtesy of Tefy Irina Andrianina, Gaudiose Mujawamariya and Negussie Zenna) In the irrigated perimeter of Bas-Mangoky in...
Over 5000 rice value chain actors in Senegal to benefit from youth-focused COVID-19 response
Saint Louis - Senegal, 23 March 2021 To support the government of Senegal’s efforts in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on...
Maïmouna Diatta: Rising quietly to the challenge of leading COVID-19 working group at AfricaRice
At the beginning of the challenging period of COVID-19 pandemic, AfricaRice appointed Maïmouna Diatta to lead the institution’s COVID-19...
AfricaRice and Liberia solidify ties to build resilient rice-based food systems
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 December 2020. The partnership between the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and Liberia, dates back to the...
AfricaRice Board of Trustees Resolves to Amend the 2016 Revised AfricaRice Constitution
Communique of the 49th meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees | The 49th meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees held on...
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