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Rice science at the service of Africa / La science rizicole au service de l’Afrique
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Friday Sep 08, 2017
Friday Sep 08, 2017
AfricaRice Director of Strategic Partnerships Dr. Samuel Bruce-Oliver moderating parallel session "Inclusive Value Chain Investment - Toward Import Substitution and Staple Crop Food Security -The Rice Value Chain - Grow Africa and AGRA" during the 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF2017), 4-8 September 2017, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Dr Joost van Odijk, Head of Country management West and Central Africa, Grow Africa, set the scene for this session.
Panelists include :
Dr. Njack Kane, Chief Executive Officer, Intervalle
Dr. Ben Valk, Head of Food and Agriculture Partnerships, Rabobank
Dr. Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess , Project Manager, GIZ/CARI
Dr. Ade Adefeko, Vice-President, Corporate and Government Relations, Olam
Dr. Peter Veal, Operations Lead, Africa Venture Team, Syngenta
Dr. Yacouba Dembélé, Director General of Office National de Développement de la Riziculture (ONDR)
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Monday Sep 04, 2017
AfricaRice Director General Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley speaking on “Scaling rice innovations and development of rice production in Africa” at the IDRC Side Event “Dialogue on Research to Support Agricultural Transformation in Francophone Countries of West and Central Africa,” during the 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF2017), 4-8 September 2017, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The event was inaugurated by Hon. Prof. Ramata Ly-Bakayoko, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Côte d’Ivoire.