Towards Rice Self-Sufficiency in Africa

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About Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
AfricaRice is a CGIAR Research Center — part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is
also an intergovernmental association of African member countries. The Center was created in 1970 by 11 African
countries. Today its membership comprises 26 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions,
namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda. AfricaRice
headquarters is based in Côte d’Ivoire. Staff members are located in Côte d’Ivoire and also in AfricaRice research
stations in Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
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Chair, Director General and staff members, as well as local authorities, donors and partners. The training center was set up with
strong support from the Government of Senegal, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the West African Economic and Monetary
Union (UEMOA). AfricaRice is adopting a new strategy to professionalize the full range of actors in the rice value chain. The new
training center aims to strengthen the technical capacity of the rice value chain actors in Africa. In addition to thematic courses on
rice production, specialized modules that promote entrepreneurship and agribusiness will be offered to participants to help them
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