A Global Agricultural Research Partnership

Archive for November, 2011

GRiSP Africa Rice Task Force Launch

Launching meeting of GRiSP-Africa Rice Agronomy Task Force and Rice Processing and Value Addition Task Force, 22-25 Nov 2011, AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin Spekers in video collage John Manful, Coordinator, Rice Processing and Value Addition Task Force, A…

Women rice farmers of Africa

“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation,” according to Madame Antoinettte Agossou, Chairperson of Amoura Ishe Union, a women farmers’ association in Glazoue, Benin. Madame Agoussou is locally known as Maman NERICA, because of her attachmen…

The future role of livestock in feeding the world

In this 26-minute filmed seminar, Mario Herrero, agro-ecological systems analyst at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says that “the future lies in what we do with the world’s resources”, and concludes “livestock science wil…