2005

December

Parliamentarians in defence of locally produced rice
Accra Daily Mail - Accra,Ghana
... on a request for tax exemption totaling US$123,417 on vehicles, field and office equipment in respect of the implementation of the Nerica Rice Dissemination ...
 
MPs demand gov't action to cut down on rice imports
Joy Online - Ghana
... in Parliament to approve the Finance Committee's report on tax exemptions totaling 123 thousand dollars for implementation of the Nerica Rice Dissemination ...

November

Clobert Tchatat : "Un dispositif de surveillance dans les régions ...
All Africa - Mauritania
... Cette relance passe par l'introduction du Nerica, une variété hybride de riz, très productive, moins exigeante et adaptée à notre climat. ...

October

Tests on rice variety yield good results
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
... Dubbed Nerica from (New Rice for Africa), the variety was developed in West Africa and was introduced to East Africa about three years ago. ...

Effets socio-économiques de la guerre à M'Bahiakro : 1044 ...
All Africa - Mauritania
... adhérer au projet. Chacune des 13 personnes du départ a pu bénéficier de 0,25 ha de semence de riz NERICA. Chacun des demandeurs ...

Getting ready for the harvest, marketing season
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
... The early mature rice, especially Nerica, is also due for harvesting in some parts of the country. This crop also reduces the demand for imported rice. ...

Kambia Councillors on Community Development
Awareness Times - Freetown,Sierra Leone
... priority. "With the help of the Abu Nerica Rice project, we have made much improvement in terms of rice production." he said. He ...

September

Riziculture : l'Afrique veut miser sur le nouveau riz, le NERICA
LeFaso.net - Burkina Faso
... L'ADRAO compte à cet effet sur sa technologie porte drapeau, le nouveau riz pour l'Afrique ( NERICA) . C'est un riz mis au ...

Burkina: ouverture de la 25ème session du conseil des ministres ...
XINHUA - Péking,China
... dix-sept pays d'Afrique a déjà mis en place plusieurs variétés de riz dont le dernier en date est le Nouveau riz pour l'Afrique (NERICA) apprécié pour sa ...

A Peasants' Hard Work Paid
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... Upland rice comes from Nerica seeds and matures in three months. ... Upland rice comes from Nerica seeds and matures in three months. ...

Technology transfer 'essential' for African agriculture
SciDev.net - UK
... Jones won the 2004 prize for his work on 'New Rice for Africa' (NERICA), which combines African and Asian strains of rice into a new variety uniquely adapted ...

Nigeria Imports N100Bn Rice Annually, Says Expert
The Guardian - Nigeria - Lagos,Nigeria
... expanding. At the farm, Africa rice popularly known as Nerica 1 is produced. ... drought. "That is why we are excited about Nerica, Nwanze enthused. ...

August

allAfrica.com: PanAfrica [editorial]: New Rice for Africa
Essentially the NERICA rice variety which is suited for upland cultivation combines some of the ..

Welcome Sagra
NERICA- Teknolojiyo ka timid Afrika looguna talo galay Afrika ... 

ENA - Ethiopian News Agency
According to Tadele, it was confirmed by research that rice varieties named 'Nerica' and ..

July

Africa seeks greater help from Japan in popularizing high-yield rice
African countries want Japan to increase its assistance to boost production of a resilient and high-yielding strain of rice known as new rice for Africa, or NERICA, ...

New Rice for Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NERICA rice head. The new rice for Africa was created by crossing O. glaberrima
... Wikimedia Foundation.

World Food Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Development of New Rice for Africa (NERICA), with the potential to increase rice ... Wikimedia Foundation. This page was last modified 15:07, 27 July 2005. ...

West Africa Rice Development Association - Wikipedia, the free ...
... to date is the development of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivar. ... Wikimedia Foundation

allAfrica.com: Uganda: Japan Boosts VP's Upland Rice Project
Bukenya said there are over 30000 farmers growing upland rice in the country and that the ... It is widely believed that upland rice, especially Nerica, ...

cgiarNews
Under farmers’ conditions, NERICA varieties raise the yield of upland rice from ... varieties were released in Burkina Faso, and two in Mali in early 2005. ...

Cropbiotech Update 22 July 2005 22-Jul-2005 International Service ...
7 July 2005 issue of of WARDA's 10-year strategic plan, and The Growing NERICA boom in Uganda. ...

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
July, 2005. Three new publications from the African Rice Center (WARDA). Africa Rice Center (WARDA) at a glance ... The growing NERICA boom in Uganda ...

The Official Website: State House, Republic of Uganda
2005-07-01. JAPAN today pledged its commitment to the success of the Upland ... "Nerica Upland Rice is very important. We understand this and we are going ...

Japan's Policy for African Development
PM Koizumi's Message to Africa in the context of the G8 Summit 2005 ... the promotion of development and diffusion of NERICA (New Rice for Africa). ...

Japan Today - News - Africa seeks greater help from Japan in ...
A steady growth in output of NERICA would free Africa from paying $1 ...

Rice industry agriculture trade market world prices news info
A steady growth in output of NERICA would free Africa from paying $1 billion a ...

Welcome To Nigeria - Ministry of Information - Press Release July ...
... the recent release of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA) variety to Nigerian
farmers ..

Agrodigital, la web del campo 
28/7/2005 BIOTECNOLOGIA Boom del arroz NERICA en Uganda. 

ACA:- Informe del 19/07/05 al 22/07/05 
Un crecimiento estable en la producción del arroz NERICA liberaría a África de

June

Presidential Research & Communications Unit - Government in Action
NERICA is a variety that is disease and pest resistant, but has low input demand and ... 

Intellectual Property and Genetically Modified Seeds: The United ...
... African genetic traits with productive Asian species ("NERICA").191 In trials, ... 

Science & Africa A message to the G8 summit : Nature
Nature 435, 1146-1149 (30 June 2005) | doi : 10.1038/4351146a ... One example is NERICA (New Rice for Africa), a variety developed by the West Africa Rice ...

May

Ghana Needs Rice Imports To Meet Local Demand
Ghana is only 35 per cent self-sufficient in rice production, the Ministry of Agriculture has revealed.

Multinational Nerica Rice Dissemination Project launched
Accra, May 12, GNA - The Multinational Nerica Rice Dissemination Project currently taking place in seven African countries was launched in Accra

Sierra Leone: President: Speech: ON THE FOOD SECURITY PLEDGE
THE PRESIDENT ALHAJI DR. AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH THURSDAY, 19TH MAY 2005 ... Mr. Chairman, sensitizing people on the value of NERICA and the other food crops in ...

Ministere des Maliens de l'Exterieur et de l'Integration Africaine
... pour assurer le développement du riz nerica en Afrique de l’Ouest. ...

News of Thu, 12 May 2005
News of Thu, 12 May 2005 ... Multinational Nerica Rice Dissemination Project launched; 

African Science News Service, ASNS: $35 Million AfDB-ARI NERICA ...
The grant and loan came into force in February 2005 on fulfilment of the Bank’s... “The launching of the AfDB-ARI NERICA project is thus very timely,” ...

April

CGIAR: Story of the Month -April 2005
... that will help to shape the global development agenda in 2005 and beyond have ... demonstrated by the development of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA). ...

Sécheresse - Nouveau riz pour l'Afrique (NERICA) : 11 variétés ... 
Avril 2005. Nouveau riz pour l'Afrique (NERICA) : 11 variétés supplémentaires.
- Le nombre de NERICA augmente : de nouvelles variétés nommées ...

The Asia Rice Foundation: Bangladesh Rice Articles
April 1, 2005. The latest batch of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) varieties were recently named by the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) Variety Nomination Committee ...

Articles: Médias - [ Translate this page ]
Le riz NERICA, qui contient plus de protéines que ses deux parents, ... 26 avril 2005. SCIENCE : La cohabitation entre OGM et cultures classiques est ...

CTA: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU
Agriflash April 2005 ... In West Africa a new variety of rice known as Nerica is
being developed. A cross between African and Asian rice, it has a higher ...

AgBioView Newsletter on Agricultural Biotechnology
New NERICA Varieties Added - Announcements Read the full articles at: ... BUSINESSWORLD, 1 April 2005 

Ministere des Maliens de l'Exterieur et de l'Integration Africaine
... pour assurer le développement du riz nerica en Afrique de l’Ouest. ...

Sécheresse
 ... Nouveau riz pour l'Afrique (NERICA) : 11 variétés supplémentaires ...

Articles: Médias
Le riz NERICA, qui contient plus de protéines que ses deux parents, ... 26 avril 2005. SCIENCE : 

March

Rice researchers forced to flee Côte d'Ivoire violence 
Armed conflict has forced the research centre behind Africa's 'miracle rice' to leave Côte d'Ivoire and seek refuge in Benin.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
Africa Rice Center (WARDA) names 11 new NERICA varieties ... 

Altreconomia :: L'informazione per agire
Data Pubblicazione 29-Mar-2005 :: Letture:: 242 :: Stampa solo questa pagina ... Il risultato delle coltivazioni in pieno campo indicano che il Nerica ...

arroz brasileiro 
26/03/2005 Nerica representa mais alimento, renda e inserção social na África

Altreconomia :: L'informazione per agire
Data Pubblicazione 29-Mar-2005 :: Letture:: 242 :: Il risultato delle coltivazioni in pieno campo indicano che il Nerica ...

February

WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: NERICA
NERICA mixes African rice (Oryza glaberrima), which is highly resistant to drought ... NERICA is helping to improve agricultural sustainability, as well, ...

FAO:AG21:Revista:Enfoques:Agua, alimentos y ecosistemas en África 
"Un nuevo arroz para África" (NERICA) es el nombre asignado a una nueva variedad de este cereal, que combina la ... 

January

Timbuktu Chronicles: 01/01/2005 - 01/31/2005
posted by Emeka Okafor at Monday, January 31, 2005 0 comments ... Nerica lines yield around 1.5 to 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare, compared with an average ...

New Rice for Africa: scientist wins prize for NERICA
From Africa Renewal, Vol.18 #4 (January 2005), page 9 ... Nerica has been embraced by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as an example of ...

New Rice for Africa: scientist wins prize for NERICA
From Africa Renewal, Vol.18 #4 (January 2005), page 9 ... Nerica has been embraced by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as an example of ...

Guinea - Eureka, it's NERICA: New Rice for Africa
Jones spearheaded WARDA's efforts to develop the NERICA technology. Bintu Delphine Koudou cultivates NERICA hybrid rice varieties on a hectare of land in ...

Articles: Médias 
Le riz NERICA est parfaitement adapté au faible apport d’intrants et aux conditionsde ... 

Nerica: Un prix décerné pour la recherche sur le nouveau riz africain
Afrique Renouveau, Vol.18#4 (Janvier 2005), page 9. Suivi du NEPAD ... M.Jones ayant dirigé les premiers travaux sur le Nerica dans les années 90 lorsqu’il ...