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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers appoints new Director General
06.03.23Dr Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian national, was appointed as Director General of the Africa Rice…
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AfricaRice’s Disclaimer
09.02.23AfricaRice’s Disclaimer on the Op-ed titled “Dakar 2 summit: Africa’s agrifood system and trip…
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AfricaRice Agronomist-Consultant wins 2022 IFA Emerging Scholar Award
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Jean-Martial Johnson, a trailblazing young researcher who supports the Sustainable Enhancement Produ…
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Collective action and perseverance pay off for women rice farmers in Madagascar
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Modernization of agriculture requires farmers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and sustain the pr…
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AfricaRice and CERFAM join forces to support African countries to end hunger through South-South cooperation
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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 3 October 2022. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the Regional Center…
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Game-changing digital tool galvanizes smallholder rice farming in Mali
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Climate change has made risks in agriculture more complex, but decision-support tools empower farmer…
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USAID-AfricaRice project sets the stage for a resilient, vibrant seed industry in Senegal
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An innovative public-private partnership-based project, led by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) w…
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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
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Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope…
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CGIAR Researchers and Centers Recognized With Four International Food Prizes
15.09.21CGIAR researchers and Research Centers have been recognized this year by some of the world's…
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Over 5000 rice value chain actors in Senegal to benefit from youth-focused COVID-19 response
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Saint Louis - Senegal, 23 March 2021 To support the government of Senegal’s efforts in…
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AfricaRice and Liberia solidify ties to build resilient rice-based food systems
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 December 2020. The partnership between the Africa Rice Center (AfricaR…
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Kenya adopts ‘Rice Sector Development Hub’ approach to achieve rice self sufficiency
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Rice is one of the priority crops in the Big4 Agenda in Kenya and a…
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Launch of AfricaRice Annual Report 2019: Toward rice-based food systems transformation in Africa
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 September 2020 - At a time when the need for a…
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COVID-19 and food security | Limiting the impact of the crisis on rice value chains in West Africa
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 30 July 2020 -- Rice plays a strategic role in food…
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Facing COVID-19 in the highlands of Madagascar: How are the rural households and women coping?
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Contributed by Gaudiose Mujawamariya, Rice Value Chain Expert and Gender Focal Point, and Irina Andr…
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AfricaRice launches new bilingual corporate website
22.05.20Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 22 May 2020 - In honor of the International Day for Biological…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
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Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
27.02.20-
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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