Entretien avec Mme Penda Guèye Cissé, Fondatrice/Directrice de «FEPRODES», Saint Louis, Sénégal, lors des Journées portes ouvertes pour la démonstration des performances des variétés de riz hybride développées par AfricaRice, 6 Août 2019, Saint Louis, Sénégal
AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded project on Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is paving the way for rice transformation in sub-Saharan Africa by promoting locally-adapted high-yielding hybrid rice varieties developed by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).
As part of its approach to catalyze agribusiness and entrepreneurship development in the rice value chain with the active involvement of seed enterprises, the TAAT Rice Compact facilitated the large-scale demonstration of ISRIZ-9 seed production at a Field Day organized by AfricaRice and ISRA at the AfricaRice regional station in Saint Louis, Senegal, on 6 August 2019.
In addition to participants from ISRA, AfricaRice and RRTC, the Field Day was attended by representatives from the following sectors, among others:
• Agribusiness, seed enterprises and associations from Senegal, Mauritania and Mali (CNT, CASL, SEDAB, FASO-KABA, FEPRODES, GIE AGRITECH, GIE DYNN, UNIS, SRIA, KORKA RICE);
• Donor community (USAID, Syngenta Foundation);
• Research, development and extension organizations and university from Senegal and Mauritania (DRDR, SODAGRI, SAED, UGB, CNRADA, SONADER);
• Rice farmers and seed producers from Senegal; and
• National and local media agencies
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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