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 ROCARIZ
 Reséau Ouest et Centre Africain du riz,
ROCARIZ—a French acronym that translates to ‘West and Central Africa Rice Research and
Development Network’—was launched in 2000 after in-depth consultations among
WARDA, WECARD/CORAF, NARES and USAID.
ROCARIZ, a successor network of the WARDA/NARS Rice Task Force (TF) collaborative
mechanism for rice research and development, is financially supported by USAID. In November
2001, however, the network diversified its funding source by securing a three-year grant from the
European Union (EU). In order to effectively link rice researchers, development agents and end-users of rice research
findings in West and Central Africa, ROCARIZ’s Coordination is located at WARDA
Headquarters,
M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire. For the efficient delivery of rice-based technologies targeting complex and often
fragile ecosystems, ROCARIZ maintains the Task Force mechanism with:
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Rice Breeding Task Force
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Mangrove
Swamp Rice Task Force
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Integrated Pest Management Task Force
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Crop and Natural Resource Management Task
Force
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Sahel Natural Resource Management Task
Force
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Economics Task Force
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Technology
Transfer Task Force
ROCARIZ aims to link rice stakeholders in West and Central Africa in order to generate and sustain
improved, relevant rice technologies, and to
facilitate their transfer and diffusion for rapid adoption by end-users. This is achieved by
enhancing NARES’ capacity and capability for participatory rice research planning, technology
generation, evaluation, and transfer to end-users.
The following publications are available
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