Etienne Duveiller, AfricaRice Deputy Director General speaking at the Field Day to showcase the performance of hybrid rice varieties developed by AfricaRice, 26-27 June 2019, AfricaRice, M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire
AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with excellent grain quality, developed by AfricaRice, elicited strong interest from key stakeholders, especially seed companies and farmers, during field days at AfricaRice research station in M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, 26-27 June 2019.
The field days to showcase the performance of AfricaRice-developed hybrids were organized by the Rice Value Chain Compact of the ‘Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)’ program, which is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its ‘Feed Africa’ strategy.
The hybrids showcased in the field days included AR051H, an aromatic variety with high-yield potential (12-13 t/ha under favorable conditions and about 9 t/ha in farmers’ fields) and milling recovery of 80%. Developed by AfricaRice, AR051H, was released by the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA) as ISRIZ-9 in 2017.
Fidèle Anon, GIZ, Côte d'Ivoire
Elliott Dossou-Yovo, AfricaRice Agriculture and Climate Change Scientist
Diby Lucien, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Côte d'Ivoire
Bakare Samuel Oladele, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Nigeria
Amadou Touré, AfricaRice Research Associate-Agronomist
Dule Zhao, AfricaRice Program Leader, Genetic Diversity and Improvement
Cheikh Oumar Ly, AfricaRice Research Assistant, Genetic Diversity and Improvement
Sidi Sanyang, AfricaRice Leader, Rice Sector Development Program and TAAT Rice Compact Coordinator
Saidu Bah, AfricaRice Seed Production Specialist
Abdoulaye Sawadogo, Director General of NAFASO, Burkina Faso
Mamadou Diaby, Director General, Les Moulins Blancs Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire
Olafare Babajide Francis, Savannah Seeds, Nigeria
Djibril Tall , Ingénieur des travaux agricoles, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Senegal
George Zangir, President, Value Seeds, Nigeria
Michael Atanyi, TecniSeed Limited, Nigeria
Udemeabasi Isip, Former Trade-Admin Attache, Government of Nigeria
Hon Mohammed Muntari Dandutse, Member, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Hon Munir Babba Dan Agundi, Member, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Yacouba Diallo, Agri-input Expert, CORAF, Senegal
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