Beyond the First Generation NERICAs in Africa: Paradigms and Partnershipsfor the Next Decade

Monday31 July 2006

The Sasakawa model of commodity Partnerships
-- Yohei Sasakawa

From OS6 to NERICA
-- Kanayo F. Nwanze

Asia-Africa partnerships for promoting rice research and development in sub-Saharan Africa
-- Keijiro Otsuka

The place of rice within the ASARECA’s 10 year strategic plan
-- Seyfu Ketema

Public-Private Partnership for improving Rice Productivity in Niteogen Deficient and Saline environments of sub-Saharan Africa
-- M. Bokanga

Rice breeding’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
--  Gurdev S. Khush

The place of NERICAs in the fight against Hunger and malnutrition in Africa  
-- Ruth Oniang’o

Tuesday 1 August 2006
The conceptual framework for rice varietal Improvement for Africa

Conceptual framework for the development of new NERICAs in Africa
-- Susan McCouch

Rice genonomics for Africa: gene discovery, functional analysis and genetic diversity exploitation
-- M. Lorieux

Identification of transgressive variation associated with QTLs for drought resistance in interspecific (O. sativa x O. Glaberrima) progeny
-- M. Semon et al.

Designing abiotic stress-tolerant rice varieties for the rainfed lowlands of sub-Saharan Africa
-- G.B. Gregorio et al.

Characterization of novel rice germplasm from West Africa and genetic marker associations with rice cooking quality
-- K. Traoré

Développement de populations interspécifiques O. glaberrima x O. sativa et identification delignées résistantes à la sécheresse dans les conditions de riziculture de bas-fond et desubmersion contrôlée -- F.N. Cisse et al.

Genetic and genotype x environment interaction of some rice grain qualities in selected rice genotypes in Tanzania
-- Nkori J.M.K and A. Luzi-Kihupi

Regional evaluation of the new interspecific hybrids (O. sativa x O. glaberrima) and intraspecific (O. sativa x O. Sativa) lowland rice
-- M. Sié et al.

Performance of upland NERICA varieties in Uganda
-- G. Bigirwa et al.

La recherche variétal du riz à Madagascar
-- R. Rakotonirainy

Beyond the current NERICAs: better exploitation of Oryza glaberrima (Steud.)
-- K. Futakuchi et al.

Session: Economics - From policy to adoption/impact: an overviewof the economics of the African rice sub-sector

Markets and institutions for promoting rice as a tool for food security and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
-- Eric Tollens

Rice policy in Africa: what went wrong?
-- S.O. Akande et al.

Analyse des causes du declin de la production du riz en R.D. Congo (1995-2004)
-- F.N. Mara

Evaluation de l’impact économique des nouvelles variétés de riz NERICAs au Bénin : une évidence avec les modèles basés sur l’approche « contre factuel »
-- P. Y. ADEGBOLA et al


Session: Technology Transfer Research Seed and the production-consumption

10 Years of SG2000 and rice technology transfer: lessons learned
-- Tareke Berhe

Technology transfer at WARDA: an assessment
-- P. Van Mele et al

Transferring rice technology from Asia to Africa
-- JF Rickman et al.

Participatory approach to Sawah Rice Technology Dissemination to farmers cultivating inland valleys in Nigeria
-- Oluwarotimi Fashola et al.

Improving rice productivity in SSA- a perspective analysis and outlook on R&D
-- Ousmane Youm et al.


Wednesday, 2nd August 2006
The IPM philosophy and the major Breakthroughs in the upland-lowland continuum

The IPM philosophy and the challenges of the upland-lowland continuum of rice ecologies
-- Kallunde Sibuga

Identification of cultivars for replacing the highly susceptible released varieties
-- Y. Séré

Screening for RYMV resistance using insect vectors -- F. Nwilene

An epidemiological model of RYMV in irrigated crops
-- S. Sarra

Responses of NERICA rice varieties to weed interference
-- I. Dzormeku

Efficiency of a few essential oils of local plants against seed-borne fungi in rice
-- B. Kabore

Diversity of the rice blast pathogen populations in Ghana
-- S.K. Nutsugah

Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Tanzania: Distribution and Genetic Diversity  
-- L. Kanyeka et al.

Stratégie de lutte contre la cecydomie africaine du riz au Burkina Faso
-- M.N. Ba

Variabilité sérologique et moléculaire du virus de RYMV du riz au Niger
-- S. Issaka

The tolerance/resistance levels of inter and intra-specific rice lines and varities to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV) at Badeggi, Nigeria
-- Abo, M. E.

Sustainable intensification and diversification strategies for African rice-based cropping systems

Sustainable intensification and diversification strategies for African rice-based cropping systems -- Toshiyuki Wakatsuki

Overview of rice NRM Activities at WARDA and implications for NERICAs
-- S.O. Oikeh et al.

Efficacité d'utilisation de l'azote par les variétés nericas bas-fonds homologuées au Burkina Faso
-- S. Zacharie et al.

Influence du désherbage et de la gestion de la lame d’eau sur les taux de recouvrement et l’efficacité agronomique des engrais en zone Office du Niger (Mali)
-- N. Kamissoko et al.

La gestion de la fertilité organo-minéraledans les périmètres irrigués villageois desrégions nord du Mali
-- M.O. Goita et al.

Opportunities for increasing land, labour and water productivity in Africa with the system of rice intensification (SRI)
-- M. Ceesay et al.

Reduction of ammonia volatilisation andfertility constraints through integrated Azolla management in flooded rice systems of theSenegal River Valley -- M. Cissé and A. Niang

New technologies to save water in irrigated rice farming in the Sahel -- M.E. de Vries et al.