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Rice science at the service of Africa / La science rizicole au service de l’Afrique
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Impact of the GRA ……. What does it mean for a country? by Dr Dominique Kohli, Assistant Director of the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), Switzerland at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Impact of the GRA ……. What does it mean for a country? by Dr Roger Kanton, Principal Research Scientist, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, CSIR-SARI, Ghana at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
In-depth presentation of rice research group and flagship by Dr Kazuyuki Yagi, Research Manager for Climate Change of the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES), NARO, Japan at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
In-depth presentation of soil carbon sequestration work by Dr Sylvie Lewicki, CIRAD Regional Director, Dakar, Senegal at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
In-depth presentation of soil carbon sequestration work by Dr Philippe Lecomte, CIRAD Livestock Scientist, Dakar, Senegal at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
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.
Monday Apr 17, 2017
Monday Apr 17, 2017
The annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr Robert Carsky, is conferred on the most outstanding General Support Staff and the most outstanding Internationally Recruited Staff, who have demonstrated high standards of excellence and made extraordinary contributions to rice research, training and research support.
Mrs Rebecca Khelseau-Carsky was invited to hand over the 2017 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award to the winners. She also unveiled a plaque at the AfricaRice Library, dedicating the building to the memory of Dr Robert Carsky.
Monday Apr 17, 2017
Monday Apr 17, 2017
AfricaRice Director of Strategic Partnerships Dr Samuel Bruce-Oliver announced the winner in the General Support Staff (GSS) category at the 41st Meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees, M’bé Research Station, Côte d’Ivoire, from 10-13 April 2017.
Ms Maimouna Diatta, AfricaRice French Translator-Editor, received the 2017 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award on 13 April at the 41st Meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees, M’bé Research Station, Côte d’Ivoire.
Ms Diatta was honored for her dedicated service and commitment to excellence.
The annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr Robert Carsky, is conferred on the most outstanding General Support Staff and the most outstanding Internationally Recruited Staff, who have demonstrated high standards of excellence and made extraordinary contributions to rice research, training and research support.
Mrs Rebecca Khelseau-Carsky was invited to hand over the 2017 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award to the winners.
Monday Apr 17, 2017
Monday Apr 17, 2017
AfricaRice Deputy Director General Dr Etienne Duveiller announced the winner in the Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS) category at the 41st Meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees, M’bé Research Station, Côte d’Ivoire, from 10-13 April 2017.
Dr Jonne Rodenburg, Agronomist, received the 2017 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award on 13 April at the 41st Meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees, M’bé Research Station, Côte d’Ivoire.
He was selected for his outstanding contributions to work on weed management in rice in Africa, strong publication record, support to resource mobilization, partnerships and outreach.
The annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr Robert Carsky, is conferred on the most outstanding General Support Staff and the most outstanding Internationally Recruited Staff, who have demonstrated high standards of excellence and made extraordinary contributions to rice research, training and research support.
Mrs Rebecca Khelseau-Carsky was invited to hand over the 2017 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award to the winners.