Ethiopia gives high importance to rice as an important food security crop.  As a testimony to this, the Fogera National Rice Research &...

International Women’s Day 2019 -- Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of the...

Visit to AfricaRice of Dr Chiji Ojukwu, Managing Director of Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC) Dr. Chiji Ojukwu, formerly...

Over five days, more than 70 participants, consisting mainly of AfricaRice scientists, as well as key technical partners and value chain...

AfricaRice delegation pays a courtesy call on Ivorian Minister of Scientific Research and Higher Education A delegation led by AfricaRice...

AfricaRice and partners consult with seed companies on seed production and dissemination of hybrid rice developed by AfricaRice...

A new publication, led by experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, University of Greenwich) and the Africa Rice Center...

Rice has become a major staple food in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is the single most important source of dietary energy in West Africa...

High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and Senegal Rice Day Exhibition, 25 September 2018,...

The Rice Value Chain Compact of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded “Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)”...

About 40 participants attended a workshop organized by IFAD on ‘EU/IFAD Investments in Agricultural Research. Towards sustainable...

AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective targeting of research for development,’...

Over 100 young Senegalese from the Senegal River Valley gained technical knowledge and entrepreneurial skills related to the rice value...

The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently under the chairmanship of His...

The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers (CoM) will convene, 25-27 September 2018, in Dakar,...

An international study, coordinated by researchers from IRD-France, and involving the CEA and the Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice), has...

Key stakeholders gathered together at the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) headquarters, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 19 June 2018, to...

Women play a vital role in rice production systems and rice value chains in Africa. Yet in many countries and communities, they lack...

The annual award, which has been instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr Robert Carsky, is conferred on the most outstanding...

About 30 Ivorian seed producers participated in a training workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...