Welcome remarks by Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General of AfricaRice at the 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) and Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia.
The 10th Biennial Consultative Meeting of the AfricaRice National Experts Committee (NEC) was organized in conjunction with the Preliminary Workshop of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), 20-21 September 2017, Banjul, The Gambia. Hon. Omar Amadou Jallow, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, officially opened the meeting.
The 10th NEC meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Dr Alioune Fall, as Senegal currently holds the Chairmanship of AfricaRice. 23 out of 26 AfricaRice member countries were present at the NEC meeting. Representatives of four non-member countries – Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique and Zimbabwe – attended as observers.
Representatives of FAO, AfDB, IFAD, CORAF/WECARD, CIRAD, INRA, Global Research Alliance (GRA), GAN-LOGIS Enterprise, and ROPPA also participated in the 2-day meeting.
Sidi Sanyang speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Jean Ekwe Dossa speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Omar Ndaw Faye speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Richard Appoh speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Post-harvest and Processing Technologies -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
RiceAdvice -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
"Partnerships for efficient quality seed production and variety dissemination" -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Innovation Platforms -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
"Recensement électronique et géo-référence des acteurs de la chaine de valeur riz: cas des pays TAAT" -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Welcome remarks by Dr Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Ms Claudia Savarese, Associate Programme Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Mr Nyame Kingsford, District Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
AfricaRice Social Scientist and CIPA Project Coordinator Josey Kamanda at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Dr Camille Koffi, Agro-Economist, Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA) at CIPA Project Launch
Ken Giller, Professor, Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands at CIPA Project Launch
Francisca van Dusseldorp, Coach, trainer, facilitator agent in international development cooperation, MDF West Africa, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
Aaron Mahamah, Multi-stakeholder Platform Coordinator, MDF West Africa, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
Confidence Duku, Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in Hydrology, Geoinformatics (GIS), Water Science, WUR at CIPA Project Launch
Tesfahun Alemayehu Belew, PhD student, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group (ENR), WUR at CIPA Project Launch
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