Stakeholders of the rice value chain component of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded ‘Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (SARD-SC)’ gathered together at the Internal Project Completion Review Workshop, 3–5 May 2017, AfricaRice M'bé Station, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, to discuss the achievements made for improving rice productivity and competitiveness in the project countries as well as share experiences and lessons learned. The SARD-SC project was implemented from 2012 to 2017 to raise the productivity and profitability of cassava, maize, rice and wheat, which are among the six strategic crops selected by African Heads of States for Africa. AfricaRice executed the rice value chain component with national partners in 11 African countries.
*Chris Akem, SARD-SC Project Coordinator, IITA, Nigeria
Concluding remarks by Dr Lala Razafinjara
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley speaking
Lala Razafinjara, Director General of FOFIFA, Madagascar speaking
Yté Wongbé, Director General of CNRA, Côte d'Ivoire speaking
AfricaRice Deputy Director General Dr Etienne Duveiller speaking
Kouame Ambroise, Projet de promotion du riz local (PRORIL), Ministry of Agriculture, Cote d’Ivoire, speaking
Benoit Clerget, Ecophysiologist, CIRAD, speaking
Ernest A. Asiedu, Chief of Party, West Africa Seed Program (WASP), CORAF/WECARD, speaking
Georges Bredou, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Coordinator of Vision for Changes project activities, speaking
Alexis Ndayiragije, IRRI Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Plant Breeding Program Leader, speaking
Seiji Yanagihara, Miyuki Iiyama, JIRCAS, speaking
Abdoulaye Sawadogo, Director General of NAFASO
AfricaRice Director for Partnership and Capacity Strengthening Dr Samuel Bruce-Oliver speaks at the Joint IFAD-AfDB event
H.E. Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck addressing the AfricaRice staff
AfricaRice Director General leads round table debate on rice self-sufficiency in Africa at ISRFG 2016 side event
Jacqueline Rakotoarsoa, FOFIFA Research Director, Madagascar at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
Gaoussou Traoré, Coordinator of the National Rice Center, IER, Mali at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
Fréderic Lançon, CIRAD Economist at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
ISRFG opening lecture by Khady Nani Dramé
Baboucarr Manneh's presentation at ISRFG
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