2007

decembre

New rice to reduce poverty and ensure food security
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - Accra,Ghana
The MCE said NERICA rice is a high yielding variety which grows upland. It can also be planted on soils which are suitable for the cultivation of maize. ...

Hope for Farmers As Project Opens New Income Front
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Cadsal is training farmers on new farming techniques that will help boost production of new cash crops introduced like the Nerica variety of rice developed ...

Government to make agriculture attractive to the youth
Modern Ghana - Ghana
Mr Debrah said 33000 rice farmers were being supported with improved high-yielding varieties of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA). In addition, the Ministry ...

Promotion des céréales nationales : Riz local cherche place au soleil
LeFaso.net - Burkina Faso
... séance de dégustation de différentes variétés et aussi une exposition d’une soixantaine de types de riz tous dérivés du NERICA (new rice for Africa). ...

Central Africa Scaling-up Rice and Cassava
Rwanda Information Exchange - New York,NY,USA
Brief ECCAS senior management on the proposed intervention to promote cassava and NERICA production in ECCAS member countries based on the full value chain ...

novembre

Le projet Nerica, Nouveau Riz pour l’Afrique, a un impact positif
Afrik.com
Le projet de variétés du Nouveau riz pour l’Afrique (Nerica) financé par la Banque africaine de développement (Bad), qui a pour objectif d’accroître la production de cette denrée dans sept pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, a un impact positif sur les agriculteurs.

Adoption of NERICA varieties boosts school...
Research4Development News (press release) - UK
An impact study conducted in 24 villages in Benin by the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) and its partners has also demonstrated the benefits to farmers ...

nigeria: agriculture, pivot for devt
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
"today, environmentally friendly technologies like conservation tillage, integrated pest management, and new varieties such as 'nerica' rice (known as new ...

World Bank's 'Agriculture for Development'; an alternative viewpoint
christian monitor newspaper - Freetown,Sierra Leone
... environmentally friendly technologies like conservation tillage, integrated pest management, and new varieties such as 'Nerica' rice (known as New Rice ...

La Guinée se dote d'une nouvelle politique nationale de ...
Banque Mondiale (Communiqués de presse) - Washington,DC,USA
Des aménagements hydro-agricoles, le développement de la riziculture des bas-fonds, la diffusion du riz NERICA. Le deuxième axe vise à "accroître les ...

470 Farmers Sensitized on HIV/AIDS
The Point - Banjul,Gambia
... Tujereng and Jamburr were lately sensitised on HIV/AIDS at training organised by the Nerica in collaboration with the National Aids Secretariat (NAS). ...

octobre

Un mode sans faim
Terra Economica (Abonnement) - Paris,France
... même panier transgénique : les recherches sur l'amélioration des variétés ont, par exemple, permis la création du Nerica, le nouveau riz pour l'Afrique. ...

BENIN: Agricultural techniques adapted to the constraints of HIV/AIDS
Reuters AlertNet, UK 
The co-organisers of the Cotonou conference, SWIHA initiative (Systemwide initiative on HIV/AIDS and agriculture) and ADRAO (The African Rice Initiative), ...

Agro-based micro-enterprises hold promises
L’Occidental – West Africa – News in Review
Agro-based micro-enterprises, such as food processing and small livestock production, can offer economic security and a life of dignity for people living with HIV/AIDS in affected farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa, according to experts who attended a recent conference in Cotonou, Benin.

Africa at large: 'Agro-based micro-enterprises hold promises
Africa News Update
Lagos (Nigeria) - Agro-based micro-enterprises, such as food processing and small livestock production, can offer economic security and a life of dignity for people living with HIV/AIDS in affected farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa, according to experts who attended a recent conference in Cotonou, Benin.

Sierra Leone: Agriculture boosts of economy
AfricaNews, Netherlands 
The discovery of the Nerica rice variety could ensure minimum negative impact on the environment simply because yield could be maximized sustainable. ...

In Africa, Holy Grail for Hunger is a New Rice
International Herald Tribune
The seeds are a marvel, producing bountiful, aromatic rice crops resistant to drought, pests and disease. But a decade after their introduction, they have spread to only a tiny fraction of the land here in West Africa, where they could help millions of farming families escape poverty.

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
The Rockefeller Foundation
...Developed with financing from wealthy countries and private foundations, the New Rices for Africa, or Nericas, are unpatented and freely cultivable by anyone. Yet there is a severe shortage of them in a region where both the private and agricultural sectors are woefully undeveloped.

In Africa, Holy Grail for Hunger is a New Rice
REDORBIT breaking news
Almost two decades ago, Jones was put in charge of a team breeding upland, rain-fed rice varieties at the West Africa Rice Development Agency, now known as the Africa Rice Center, one of 15 scientific institutions financed by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research with aid from rich countries and philanthropists.

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
The Gainesville Sun
Only about 200,000 African farmers are sowing the new rices on just 5 percent of the land where they could thrive, according to the Africa Rice Center, an international research institution based in Benin that developed the new rices in the mid-1990s.

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC 
Only about 200000 African farmers are sowing the new rices on just 5 percent of the land where they could thrive, according to the Africa Rice Center, ...

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL 
Only about 200000 African farmers are sowing the new rices on just 5 percent of the land where they could thrive, according to the Africa Rice Center, ...

West Africa getting less money for seeds
Michigan Daily, MI 
Only about 200000 African farmers are sowing the new rices on just 5 percent of the land where they could thrive, according to the Africa Rice Center, ...

In Africa, prosperity from seeds falls short
International Herald Tribune, France 
Guinea: The seeds are a marvel, producing bountiful, aromatic rice crops resistant to drought, pests and disease. ...

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
New York Times, United States 
Guinea — The seeds are a marvel, producing bountiful, aromatic rice crops resistant to drought, pests and disease. ...

In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
New York Times, United States 
Guinea — The seeds are a marvel, producing bountiful, aromatic rice crops resistant to drought, pests and disease. ...

African rice centre welcomes new members
SciDev.net, UK 
The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) has opened its ranks to four new member countries from central and eastern Africa. The twenty-sixth session of WARDA's ...

Agric institutes move to boost rice production
The Tide, Nigeria 
... on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and distributed at the 26th Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) Council of Ministers. ...

Kenya: Rice Shortage Looms
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
... avoid over-dependence on rice imports and instead boost rice production, said the director general of the Africa Rice Center, Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck. ...

Rice shortage looms
Daily Nation (subscription), Kenya 
A review of production by the Africa Rice Center shows paddy rice in Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 3.23 per cent a year from 1961 to 2005 to stand at 14.2 ...

Nigeria: Rice Importation Reduces - Yar'Adua
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
The president who was represented by his Vice, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, made the statement at the opening of the 26th ordinary session of Africa Rice Center ...

septermbre

Nigerian farmers partner with India on rice machines
Le Mali en ligne, Mali 
Wodi led the RIFAN delegation to the 26th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Africa Rice Centre (WARDA), which opened here Friday. ...

WARDA Council of Ministers meeting opens in Abuja
Panapress, Abuja, Nigeria
The 26th session of the West African Rice Development Authority (WARDA) Council of Ministers opened in Abuja Friday, with President Umaru Yar'Adua asking the delegates to come up with immediate measures to be implemented to ameliorate the effects of the unpredictable external supply and price shocks.

Nigeria: Japanese Adviser, Agric Minister Meet On Rice Production
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 24, 2007
... the country would be hosting the 26th ordinary session of the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) council of ministers in Abuja this week.

Partenariat avec l'Inde pour la fabrication de batteuses de riz
Afrique en ligne - 28 sep 2007
Abubakar Wodi a révélé que la RIFAN prévoyait également d'introduire d'autres variétés de riz, en plus du nouveau riz pour l'Afrique (NERICA) qui est ...

Zimbabwe: Arex Runs Trials for Rice Seed Varieties
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 27, 2007
Arex principal agronomist Mr Johnson Muzarurwi said in an interview on Tuesday that seven Nerica varieties were being tested to assess their performance in ...

WARDA Council of Ministers meeting opens in Abuja
Afrique en ligne, France - Sep 28, 2007
"The Council should come up with solutions to the scarcity of improved seedlings of rice varieties, particularly NERICA, as this has been identified as a ...

Nigeria-Rice-Conference
African Press Agency
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Abba Ruma, has said that Nigeria would host the 26th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) in Abuja from September 27 to September 28.

Nigeria to host WARD conference
The Tide, Nigeria 
Nigeria is to host the 26th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) in Abuja from September 27 to September 28. ...

Yompua Responds to Jammeh's Call
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
At least 150 people, including Serra Leonians, Gambians and Ghanians on Monday, assembled at Farato, Kombo North, to work on a five hectare NERICA rice farm ...

More people respond to Jammeh’s back-to-the-land call
Daily Observer, Gambia 
“We are doing research on NERICA rice and other varieties to see that those types of crops do well in this country. We have gone to the president’s farm and ...

Rice researchers unite for Africa
New Agriculturist
Three of the world's leading international agricultural research institutes have announced that they will unite their activities for future rice research in Africa. The establishment of the sub-Saharan Africa Rice Consortium (SARC), will combine the expertise of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).


West African farmers prepare for ant-aid
New Agriculturist
the Africa Rice Center (WARDA), the benefits of weaver ant technology are that it is "free of costs, labour-saving and requires relatively little intervention, making it particularly suitable for sub-Saharan Africa."

août

Uganda: In Brief
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
New rice varieties ,Two high-yielding Upland rice varieties, New Rice for Africa (NERICA) I and 10 have been released. Scientists at the National Crop ...

A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy 
This is not a futuristic scenario but NERICA, the New Rice for Africa, which combines the high yield of Asian rice with the hardiness of African rice, ...

World Bank, FG earmark $200m for agric
The Tide, Nigeria 
They include Roots and Tuber Expansion (RTE), National Special Programme on Food Security (NSPFS), New Rice for Africa (NERICA), Community-Based Agriculture ...

Gambia: Women Are the Backbone of National Development - President ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
... positively to the socio-economic development of the country, citing her farm at Penia Madina, which is about four hectares where she grows nerica rice. ...

World rice research centres unite for Africa
Scidev.net
Sub-Saharan Africa could boost its rice production with the announcement of increased collaboration between three of the world's leading international rice research institutes.

Three research institutes to boost rice production in Africa
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The centers are all supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The centers observed that with the unprecedented low ...

Africa: World Rice Research Centres Unite for Continent
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The centres -- the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) based in Benin, the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) based in Colombia and the ...

African rice production gets major boost
eGov monitor - London,UK
The three centers are the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) based in Benin, the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) based in Colombia and the ...

Destruction des champs de riz Nerica et des semences à Covè :Un fléau national
La Citadelle
Œuvre de tant de jour en un jour effacé. C’est ainsi que dénote l’expression des visages des riziculteurs de Kousin Lélé à Covè qui ont vu champs et récoltes de riz détruits sous leurs yeux.

Boost for Ghana rice Parliament approves loan for production
Accra Daily Mail - Accra,Ghana
... is expected to produce 20250 tons annually whilst a total of 3365000 dollars invested in the NERICA project is expected to produce 75000 tons annually. ...

Farato Youths Back to the Land
The Point - Banjul,Gambia
The movement is executing a three-hectare Nerica rice project aimed at, among others, creating gainful employment opportunities for youths and to help in ...

juillet

Rice takes off
R4D, DFID
Paddy production in Africa has been on the rise for the last six years, last year reaching 21.6 million tonnes.

Africa: Rice Scientist Triumphs Where Others Failed
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
But there is no doubt that the New Rice for Africa (Nerica) breakthrough achieved through years of painstaking breeding, with national and international ...

Association advocates accelerated production of rice
The Guardian, Nigeria
THE Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has called for accelerated rice production to boost the world reserve level of the commodity.

FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana News
FreshPlaza, Netherlands 
... by the Inland Valley Consortium hosted by the Africa Rice Center to protect the human and environmental health in African inland valley ecosystems. ...

Chinese research may help rescue African mangoes
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... help African farmers keep about 60 percent more of their high value crops, according to a recently released research by the Africa Rice Center in Benin. ...

Le Burkina doit rompre avec la dépendance extérieure
Le Pays (Ouagadougou)
Les temps sont durs. Qu'il soit citadin ou paysan des campagnes, le Burkinabè se "cherche" comme on dit.

'Warehouse not solution to local rice production'
The Statesman Online - Accra,Ghana
... government was currently assisting farmers to produce more rice through the Inland Valley Rice Development and the New Rice for Africa (Nerica) variety. ...

Ants employed to defend African mangoes
SciDev.net - UK
... by the Inland Valley Consortium hosted by the Africa Rice Center to protect the human and environmental health in African inland valley ecosystems. ...

MADAM DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT
The New Citizen - Freetown,Western Area,Sierra Leone
... that today the farmers at Makorgba, Masiaka, Fothanebaneh and Magbanabom in Kunike and Kunike Barina Chiefdom are harvesting the nerica rice farm. ...

Nigeria faces rice shortage
Business Day - Nigeria
The latest report from the Africa Policy Research and Advocacy Group at the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) indicates that world rice reserves are estimated at ...

juin

Nigeria: AFSPC Partners Propcom for Rice Sector
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
... according to him, included N1 billion from 10% import surcharge have been reinvested into the initiative, NERICA tested and adopted, R-Box distribution, ...

Zimbabwe: Japan Donates Equipment
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
The equipment includes the New Rice for Africa (NERICA) husking and polishing machine and 10 rice moisture testers. Japanese Ambassador Mr Takeo Yoshikawa ...

Farmers Receive Taiwan Boost
The Point, Gambia 
... Dr. Patrick Chang, yesterday presented one metric ton of Nerica rice seeds to the vice president, Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy, at State house. ...

MCA projects to take off in Hohoe
Joy Online, Ghana 
On the New Rice for Africa project, Mr. Amewu said 2460 farmers have been educated on the production of the new breed and that about 20 tonnes of seed rice ...

Guinée: Le riz guinéen dans tous ses états
All Africa 
On a également vu et revu le parcours élogieux du fleuron des variétés de l'Afrique de l'ouest, la NERICA, créée à l'ADRAO, avec l'appui du Japon et de la ...

Recherche sur la conservation des plantes sauvages
Madagascar Tribune 
Plus de 2000 variétés de riz ont été introduits à Madagascar dont le Nerica (New Rice for Africa) et le « sebota ». Les plantes sauvages sont surtout ...

Sénégal: Agriculture durable, 435 millions pour former 400 ...
All Africa 
Ces derniers auront comme menu l'accès au marché, la maîtrise de l'eau et la petite irrigation, le développement aquacole et la culture du riz Nerica. ...

Renforcement des capacités des agriculteurs de l'afrique ...
rewmi 
... sur l'accès au marché, la maîtrise de l'eau, le développement de l'aquaculture et la culture du riz Nerica et sa situation en Afrique subsaharienne. ...

mai

Le Burkina Faso de Blaise Compaoré se prépare à passer à une ...
LeFaso.net 
... de nouvelles variétés améliorées et mieux adaptées à nos conditions agro-climatiques comme celles du maïs "Espoir", du riz "Nerica", du manioc à haut ...

"Time" salue une innovation agricole africaine
BBC Afrique 
... le Nerica, forme abrégée de New rice for Africa (nouveau riz pour l'Afrique), qui permet une hausse de la production allant jusqu'à 50 %

Rice-breeder joins world leaders
BBC Afrique, UK 
Monty Jones helped develop a new form of rice, known as Nerica - short for New Rice for Africa - which increases yields by up to 50%. ...

Sierra Leonean rice-breeder joins world leaders
Africast, CT 
Monty Jones helped develop a new form of rice, known as Nerica - short for New Rice for Africa - which increases yields by up to 50%. ...

Uganda: MP Wadri Cautions VP Bukenya On Baggagawale
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
They include commercial dairy projects, lucrative honey and chicken business and produce the highly marketable Nerica 4 rice variety to earn big money.

Rice-breeder joins world leaders
BBC News - UK
Africa Rice Center director Papa Abdoulaye Seck says Nerica is a major reason. Some of the biggest increases in rice production were in Mali and Burkina ...

NERICA contributes to record rice harvest in Nigeria
Vanguard, Nigeria 
They were the first countries to evaluate and release the lowland NERICA varieties developed recently by the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) in close association ...

Rice production up by 6%
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
The institute attributed the record harvest growth to favorable weather conditions and the positive effects of the adoption of NERICA rice varieties which ...

Rice production in Nigeria up
Business Day, Nigeria 
The Africa Rice Center (WARDA), which developed the NERICAs in the mid-1990s in collaboration with several partners, has played a major role in ...

GOOD NEWS: Time Magazine names Sierra Leone’s Dr. Monty Jones ...
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone
Monty Jones helped develop a new form of rice, known as Nerica - short for New Rice for Africa - which increases yields by up to 50%. Nerica is seen as one ...

Sierra Leone: Rice-breeder joins world leaders
AngolaPress, Angola 
Monty Jones helped develop a new form of rice, known as Nerica - short for New Rice for Africa - which increases yields by up to 50%. ...

Boosting rice production in Ebonyi
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
The ADP has also developed a new variety called NERICA – New Rice for Africa. ‘’What we do is to get these varieties multiplied and then distribute to ...

Gambia: A Tribute to Hon. Omar Jallow
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Aid organizations such as the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), Freedom From Hunger Campaign [FFHC] all contributed to the nation's ...

avril

WARDA, IITA, others in pact for rice production
The Guardian, Abuja
TO boost rice research, the African Rice Centre (WARDA) Board of Trustees has endorsed the process of harmonisation of specific activities of the centre with those of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at its just-concluded meeting.

Return Of Abakaliki Rice
The NEWS - NewsBusiness Section :
... specie which matures exactly in 90 days and has developed a new variety called NERICA (New Rice for Africa). ...

Uganda: Kyenjojo Refugees Start Rice-Growing
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
He noted that by the end of the year, about 7, 460 families will have started growing rice, especially the NERICA (SUPERICA) type.

Namibia: Rice Farming Gathers Steam
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The varieties, which he got from West Africa and Asia, were then combined to form what is called New Rice for Africa (Nerica), which is very strong for the ...

Résolution des crises alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest : La ...
Le Soleil.sn - Senegal
Il n’est pas question d’Ogm, citant le cas du riz Nerica (Voir encadré). “ La question fondamentale n’est pas de se dresser contre ou pour les Ogm, ...

Théophile Kouamou Mes misères dans Le Monde
Le Messager - Douala,Cameroon
... sur des sujets comme l’Internet au Burkina Faso, le riz Nerica en Côte d’Ivoire, la révolte des Bakwéris contre la privatisation de la Cdc au Cameroun, ...

WARDA, others collaborate on Africa's rice development
Africa News, Netherlands - Apr 8, 2007
The Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) has entered into strategic partnership with other research institutes to create a strong synergy for rice research on the ...

WARDA, others collaborate on Africa`s rice development
AngolaPress, Angola 
Lagos, Nigeria 04/09 - The Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) has entered into strategic partnership with other research institutes to create a strong synergy for ...

West Africa: Region to Boost Food Crops With Biotechnology
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian researcher at the biotechnology unit of the Africa Rice Center in Benin, said it has the potential to improve agricultural ...

West Africa to boost food crops with biotechnology
SciDev.net, UK - Apr 4, 2007
Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian researcher at the biotechnology unit of the Africa Rice Center in Benin, said it has the potential to improve agricultural ...

mars

Investors demand stake in rice parastatal’s mill
Daily Nation (subscription), Kenya - Mar 21, 2007
Already, trials on the production of the rain fed New Rice for Africa (Nerica) in the area is already in advanced stage but preliminary reports indicate ...

LBDA seeks help from partner
Daily Nation (subscription), Kenya - Mar 4, 2007
... the rice yield in the area, the authority, in conjunction with other partners, had been involved in the adaptability trials of the New Rice for Africa. ...

Nigeria: MDGs - African Countries Are Behind the Milestones
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Mar 11, 2007
Coming to rice, NERICA which my former institute, West African Rice Development Association was instrumental to its development and dissemination has the ...

Vers la vulgarisation du Nouveau Riz pour l’Afrique
Madagascar Tribune 
Les NERICA (New Rice for Africa ou Nouveau Riz pour l’Afrique, développés par le Centre du Riz pour l’Afrique (WARDA/ADRAO) ont été introduits dans la ...

février

Dr Moussa Sié, chercheur à l’ADRAO : "Un pays où la recherche n ...
LeFaso.net 
Moussa Sié est un chercheur de l’INERA en détachement auprès de l’association pour le développement de la riziculture en Afrique de l’Ouest (ADRAO) basée ...

Four varieties of Nerica rice to be registered
Capital FM - Nairobi,Kenya
The Ministry of Agriculture on Monday said it is fast tracking the process of registering four varieties of Nerica, a cross breed of rice from West Africa, ...

NERICA, Africa's top agricultural breakthroughs in decades
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
By ASNS CORRESPONDENT “NERICA has been cited as a major agricultural research breakthrough of the last 30 years,” said Dr Monty Jones, World Food Prize ...

West Africa Rice Centre wins UN award
AngolaPress - Angola
Lagos, Nigeria, 01/29 - In recognition of its New Rice for Africa Initiative (NERICA), the Africa Rice Centre (WARDA) has won the 2006 United Nations award ...

janvier

Nerica rice among the top agricultural breakthroughs of the last 30 years
SeedQuest

NERICA Celebrated as Top Agricultural Breakthrough
AgBiotechNet
“NERICA has been cited as a major agricultural research breakthrough of the last 30 years,” said Dr Monty Jones, World Food Prize laureate, at the recent launching of an annual lecture series named after him by the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) in...

NERICA among Top Agricultural Breakthroughs of Last 30 Years
ARD-Infosyst
The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) launched “Dr Monty Jones Lecture” series to honor Dr. Monty Jones, the Father of NERICA, during a special ceremony in Cotonou, Benin. Dr Monty Jones, Executive Secretary of FARA, is the first and, until now, the only Af...

Journée de reconnaissance au Docteur Monty JONES à l’IITA, un hommage vibrant et mérité rendu au père du riz NERICA
La Citadelle