2012

February

Research strategy to realize Africa's tremendous rice potential unveiled
Modern Ghana - 1 Feb 2012
“As an association of African member countries and an international Center of the CGIAR Consortium, AfricaRice is ideally positioned to coordinate the implementation of the new strategy in close collaboration with its partners in order to boost Africa's rice sector and to achieve the 'rice revolution' the continent so badly needs,” said Dr. Seck.

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StarAfrica.com‎ - 1 Feb 2012
COTONOU, Benin, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A product-oriented strategic plan presenting a clear vision of success to help Africa ...

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gkrom - 1 Feb 2012
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AfriK.com - 1 Fev 2012
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In-situ green manuring for enhancing productivity, profitability and ...
scienceindex.com
1 Feb 2012 - In Uganda, New Rice for Africa (NERICA), a high-yielding upland rice variety ... However, more than 50% of the NERICA adopters in 2004 had abandoned it in ...

High Food Prices - A Harsh New Reality - Sudan Vision Daily - Details
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1 Feb 2012 ... will help Africa invest more in agricultural research which has proven results in the form of virus-resistant cassava in Uganda and NERICA rice in West Africa.

January

A proposito di scienza, tecnologia e democrazia
Il Manifesto (Abbonamento) - 31 Jan 2012
Anche lo scienziato Monty Jones, vincitore del World Food Prize nel 2004, ha ottenuto il riso Nerica (New Rice for Africa) attraverso la ricerca ...

AfricaRice affirms commitment to goals of Africa Food and Nutrition ...
Frequency.com -- 25 Jan 2012

Invited by the African Union Commission (AUC) to the 2011 commemoration of the Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day (AFNSD), the Africa Rice Center ...

Africa: Task forces set up to accelerate delivery of rice technologies ...
AfricansBrain.net -- 24 Jan 2012
... rice technologies across the continent and increase their impact,” remarked Dr. Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Director General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).

Rice farmers struggle to meet local demand
BusinessDay -- 24 Jan 2012
He says, “We plant different varieties of rice such as Ofada, Nerica 8 and Faro 44. The rice we produce is more nutritious than the imported ones where most ...

Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) launches stronger MET ...
SeedQuest - 24 Jan 2012
 Scientists from Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); national agricultural research and extension systems ...

African Rice Farming Overviewed | Global Article Review Blog
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22 Jan 2012 - In truth it was indicated on Africa Rice Center that they had predicted a 2-year rice crisis in Africa as of year 2008. Africa is accounted for the 10 to 13 percent of ...

Stopping Striga before it's started in Africa
invasivespecies.org- 18 Jan 2012
The Africa Rice Center in Tanzania has recently developed 18 new cultivars of high-yielding rice that can tolerate the environmental stresses of sub-Saharan ...

Bonne percée du riz local dans le sud, selon l'Usaid/Pce
Le Soleil -- 18 Jan 2012
Le riz de plateau nerica fait son petit bonhomme de chemin dans le département de Vélingara. Des producteurs brassent des millions de francs Cfa grâce à la ...

Productivity Impact Differential of Improved Rice Technology ...
Taylor and Francis - 17 Jan 2012
 To address these problems, the Africa Rice Center and its NARs partners have developed different types of improved rice varieties for the rainfed lowland, ...

USAID/PCE constate une bonne percée du riz locale à Vélingara (Sud ...
Pressafrik -- 17 Jan 2012
Le riz de plateau nerica fait son petit bonhomme de chemin dans le département de Vélingara. Des producteurs brassent des millions de francs Cfa grâce à la ...

Five Media Innovations That Help Feed the Planet
WorldWatch-Nourshing the Planet -- 17 Jan 2012
The Africa Rice Centre is using training videos to educate African rice growers in over 30 languages, showing them ways to improve growth and process their crops.

Rice: Ethiopia's millennium crop
IRRI Rice Today -- 9 Jan 2012
SG 2000 introduced NERICA rice varieties from the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). In the last few years, NERICA 1 and NERICA 2 have been officially released for both upland and irrigated ecologies; NERICA 3, NERICA 4, and SUPARICA 1 for upland ecologies; and NERICA 14, NERICA 15, and NERICA 16 for irrigated ecologies.

Continent Can Feed Itself but Lacks Political Will to Place Food First
AllAfrica.com -- 3 Jan 2012
According to Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seek, the Director General of the Africa Rice Centre, the continent has the capacity to become self-sufficient in rice production and become a net exporter. "Unlike Asia and Europe, where the availability of potential land and water for agriculture is declining, Africa still has a large reservoir of underutilised agricultural land and water resources," he said.