
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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Harnessing crop breeding data: AfricaRice transitions to Enterprise Breeding System
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources20.04.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
If you visit AfricaRice breeding stations in Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Nigeria and Senegal, you mi…
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Leadership Appointments at WorldFish, CIP, AfricaRice Boost CGIAR’s Mission to Transform Food, Land, and Water Systems
CGIAR07.03.23Appointments across three continents bring research and policy expertise and track records of delive…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers appoints new Director General
Africa Rice Center06.03.23Dr Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian national, was appointed as Director General of the Africa Rice…
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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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