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News and notes
Africa Rice Center announces new Board Chair, Vice
Chair
Mr Gaston Grenier, a Canadian national, was elected as
the new Chair and Mrs Mary Uzo B. Mokwunye, a Nigerian
national, as the new Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
of the Africa Rice Center. Both of them have been
serving as Board members. The announcements were made at
the conclusion of the 25th Board meeting, 13-18 March
2005.
 Eastern and Central Africa Rice Research Network (ECARRN)
takes off
Network coordinator Dr Ashura Luzi-Kihupi took up her
appointment in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania in January 2005.
The ECARRN Coordination Unit is supported by the Africa
Rice Center. The main aim of ECARRN is to contribute to
enhanced productivity, value addition and
competitiveness of the rice sector in the ECA sub-region
through the development and dissemination of
demand-driven knowledge and technologies.
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Research Days
7-11 March 2005, Cotonou, Benin |
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Meeting of the WARDA Board of Trustees
13-18 March 2005, Cotonou, Benin |
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Inland Valley Consortium Annual Meeting
4-8 April 2005, Cotonou, Benin |
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ROCARIZ Steering
Committee Meeting
18-20 April 2005,
Cotonou, Benin |
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African Rice
Initiative Steering Committee Meeting
25-27
April 2005, Cotonou, Benin |
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