Mr Aman Khanna, Sr. Agribusiness Consultant, World Bank presented " Rice Value Chain development : Guiding principles from Asia" during the “Consultation workshop on comparative rice competitiveness: lessons learnt on successful development of rice value chains in Asia for West Africa”, 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2018, AfricaRice, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
More than 55 participants, mainly from Africa and Asia, attended a “Consultation workshop on comparative rice competitiveness: lessons learnt on successful development of rice value chains in Asia for West Africa”, 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2018, AfricaRice, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The workshop was jointly organized by AfricaRice, the World Bank and CORAF/WECARD.
The main objective of the workshop was to improve the suitability and relevance of guiding principles drawn from a World Bank-commissioned study of Asian countries for the development of effective and efficient rice value chains in West Africa.
Participants included key stakeholders active in rice value chains, representatives from governments of selected countries, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, development partners, the donor community, financial institutions and research organizations.
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
Etienne Duveiller, AfricaRice Deputy Director General
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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