Impressed with the outputs of the AfricaRice Regional Station in Saint Louis, Senegal, in terms of high-yielding and stress-tolerant varieties, improved agronomic packages, policy options and knowledge, AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley said, “The work that is being done at this Regional Station by a very dynamic team is focused and relevant. However, more efforts need to be made to integrate rice science in the regional policy agenda.”
Dr Roy-Macauley made these remarks to the staff during his first visit to the Saint Louis Regional Station. “This Station has made significant contributions to the rice sector development in the Sahel region and it is clear that the Sahel countries need you.”
After receiving a warm welcome from the scientists and support staff of the Regional Station, Dr Roy-Macauley visited the experimental fields and the laboratories for biotechnology, grain quality and soil science. The Acting Regional Station Head Dr Kabirou Ndiaye gave a brief overview of the Station’s activities which was complemented by presentations by scientists.
Dr Roy-Macauley took the opportunity to explain the principles and pillars of his vision in order to help AfricaRice grow into a big pan-African international Center of Excellence for research, development and capacity strengthening.
Scenes from the visit of AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley to the Center's Regional Station in Saint Louis, Senegal
Cliquez ici pour écouter le discours du Dr Roy-Macauley / Click here to listen to Dr Roy-Macauley’s speech.
Dr Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Executive Director, CGIAR System Organisation
Interview : Raafat El-Namaky, Hybrid Rice Breeder, Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC), Egypt
Presentation : Raafat El-Namaky, Hybrid Rice Breeder, Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC), Egypt
Interview : Sidi Sanyang, AfricaRice TAAT Rice Compact Coordinator
Entretien avec Mme Penda Guèye Cissé, Fondatrice/Directrice de «FEPRODES», Saint Louis, Sénégal
Entretien avec Abdoul Aziz Diop, Ingénieur travaux agriculture, Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA), Sénégal
Entretien avec Sidi Cheikh S. Vall, Producteur de semences, SRIA, Mauritanie
Entretien avec Sow Abdoulaye, Centre national de recherche agronomique et de développement agricole (CNRADA), Mauritanie
Présentation de Karim Traoré, Représentant régional d’AfricaRice (par intérim), Saint Louis, Sénégal
Présentation de Sidi Sanyang, Coordinateur d’AfricaRice du Compact Riz-TAAT
Présentation de Abdoul Aziz Diop, Ingénieur travaux agriculture, Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA), Sénégal
Youl Sansan, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), Senegal
Prof Thérèse Agneroh, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), Côte d'Ivoire
Mazen El Solh, AfricaRice Project Management and Resource mobilization Officer
Mahé Franck Marcel Guéi, Projet de promotion du riz local (PRORIL), Côte d'Ivoire
Madiama Cisse, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Senegal
Krishna Devkota, AfricaRice Agronomist
Kazuki Saito, AfricaRice Agronomist and Flagship leader for “sustainable farming systems”
Kalimuthu Senthilkumar, AfricaRice Extension agronomist
Henri Gbakatchetche, Centre national de recherche agronomique (CNRA), Côte d'Ivoire
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