
Africa Rice Center

- Director General
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Board Chair
Kanayo Felix Nwanze
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Headquarters
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Website http://www.africarice.org/
AfricaRice is a CGIAR Research Center – part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is also an intergovernmental association of African member countries.
The Center was created in 1971 by 11 African countries. Today its membership comprises 27 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda.
AfricaRice headquarters is based in Côte d’Ivoire. Staff are located in Côte d’Ivoire and also in AfricaRice Research Stations in Benin, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Senegal. For more information visit www.AfricaRice.org
Feature image: rice parboiling demonstration Credit: R.Raman, AfricaRice
Headquarters
AfricaRice Headquarters
01 BP 4029, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
Telephone: +225 22 48 09 10; Fax: +225 22 44 26 29
E-mail: AfricaRice@cgiar.org
News from Africa Rice Center
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AfricaRice Agronomist-Consultant wins 2022 IFA Emerging Scholar Award
Africa Rice Center11.11.22-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Jean-Martial Johnson, a trailblazing young researcher who supports the Sustainable Enhancement Produ…
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Collective action and perseverance pay off for women rice farmers in Madagascar
Africa Rice Center14.10.22-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Modernization of agriculture requires farmers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and sustain the pr…
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AfricaRice and CERFAM join forces to support African countries to end hunger through South-South cooperation
Africa Rice Center03.10.22-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 3 October 2022. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the Regional Center…
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Publications from Africa Rice Center
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Digital sequence information is changing the way genetic resources are used in agricultural research and development: implications for new benefit-sharing norms
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Promise and contradiction: Value chain participation and women's empowerment
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.11.21-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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