2004

Panel links rice to 'poverty alleviation'
Nguu Nguyen, executive secretary of the International Rice Commission, spoke to Washington Times

Assistances through the Trust Fund for Human Security
Poor Farmers in Ghana by the Dissemination of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) (October 2004) ...

SARPN - General
Food security > Responses to the crisis > General, Last update: 2005-08-5 ...
The example of the development of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA) is a good ...

CONGO - 
NERICA constitue une percée technologique pour l’Afrique, par un Africain ...
Le NEPAD a identifié NERICA dans le contexte du plan d’action du CAADP et les ...

Drought resistance of NERICA (New Rice for Africa) compared with ...
In this study, eight rice cultivars including two parents of NERICA, six NERICA
lines ... Some NERICA lines showed high dry weight and yield under drought ...

RFI - - L’Afrique, prisonnière de ses importations de riz - 
Le « Nerica », le nouveau riz pour l’Afrique mis au point par des scientifiques

La rivoluzione... del riso :: CriticaMente :: Per un'informazione ...  
Benvenuto Ospite, Venerdì, 05 Agosto 2005 ... Si chiama Nerica (New Rice for
Africa), è un nuovo tipo di riso, nato in Africa occidentale. ...

Ending Famine in Horn of Africa
January 2005. December 2004. November 2004. October 2004. September 2004 ...
the Global Cassava Partnership and the Pan Africa Nerica initiative. ...

Searching for the origins of African rice domestication
Antiquity Vol 78 No 300 June 2004
Until recently, African rice (Oryza glaberrima) was an important staple for peoples across much of West Africa. Favoured for its resistance to drought, disease, and pests, its cultivation has spread during the past 1000 years

NOT A GRAIN OF TRUTH
Financial Mail 28 May 2004
I have confirmed with an independent geneticist that "embryo rescue" does not fit the category of "genetically engineered" or "genetically manipulated" organisms and Nerica rice is not GM rice. 

Ab’e Mubende bafunye ensigo z’omuceere
Bukedde 24 May 2004
Mw. Kityamuweesi yagambye nti yabagabidde ensigo za bika bibiri omuli ekya Superica 2 ogumala ennaku 90 ne Nerica 3 ogukulira mu nnaku 110. Yasabye abalimi okugulabirira obulungi.

AGAINST THE GRAIN -High-yielding hybrid brings hope to the hungry
The Financial Mail 07 May 2004
For years, rice was considered a luxury food in Africa. Today, it is the staple diet in the western parts of the continent. This is thanks to a Côte d'Ivoire scientist who successfully created a high-yielding hybrid rice that can withstand the harshest weather. 

Rice research rewarded by World Food Prize
New Agriculturist 1 May 2004
The prestigious World Food Prize, called by some 'agriculture's Nobel', is shared this year by a Chinese and a Sierra Leonean scientist for their "breakthrough scientific achievements which have significantly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa."

African and Chinese Scientists Win the 2004 World Food Prize for Rice Breakthroughs 
Council for Biotechnology Information 
Researchers recognized for groundbreaking work on the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), a symbol of hope for millions of poor rice consumers and producers in Africa. 

Dr Jones wins the 2004 World Food Prize Award
GhanaWeb, Ghana - Mar 30, 2004
... Leonean, won the award, also known as the 'Noble Prize for Food and Agriculture' for his work on the development of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), new rice ...

Chinese and African Scientists Win the 2004 World Food Prize
Truth about Trade & Technology, United States Mar 30, 2004
... Dr. Jones has been selected a co-recipient of The World Food Prize for developing in the 1990s the "New Rice for Africa" (NERICA), uniquely adapted to the ...

Rice breeding pioneers share World Food Prize
Agriculture.com - Mar 29, 2004
... In the 1990s, Jones crossed Asian and African rice strains to develop "New Rice for Africa" (NERICA), drought- and pest-resistant, high-yielding varieties ...

Tobacco production set to fall by 50 per cent
East African Standard, Kenya - Mar 28, 2004
... The new variety known as Rice for Africa (Nerica) provides higher yields. ... The agency said it will introduce the Nerica rice seed to more farmers in the region. ...

Rice Farmers Reap Big
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Mar 11, 2004
... The President distributed seeds of Upland Rice NERICA 3 to representatives of farmers' groups from Apac, Arua, Kaberamaido, Kayunga, Kiboga, Masaka, Mpigi ...

Nerica Rice Boom
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Mar 10, 2004
... The high yielding NERICA variety of rice dubbed the African 'miracle' rice is being widely introduced in several African countries to combat hunger and rural ...

Parliament approves $24.7m loan for Nsawam-Apedwa road
GhanaWeb, Ghana - Mar 13, 2004
... agreement between Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) for an amount of 3.6 million US dollars for the implementation of the Nerica Rice Dissemination ...

8 mars : NERICA, le nouveau riz africain à l'honneur
Si 2004 a été déclarée Année internationale du riz, la journée du 8 mars (Journée internationale de la femme) a été celle du nouveau riz pour l’Afrique (NERICA) qui a

Nerica Rice Boom
THIS is an important year in agriculture. It is the International Year of Rice (IYR). An international conference has just ended in Rome at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Faire que l'Afrique cesse d'avoir faim!
(Liberation 10/03/2004) -- L'autosuffisance alimentaire doit être privilégiée, et les cultures vivrières revalorisées. Conformément aux objectifs 2015 de réduction de la pauvreté de moitié dans le monde, l'Organisation des Nations unies,

Consulate General of Japan in New York
December 2003 / January 2004. ... Existing examples of Asia-Africa collaboration, like
NERICA (New Rice for Africa), were cited as providing important foundations ...

Farmers embrace African 'miracle' rice
... 4 (January 2004), page 10 Also: box at end of article: Persistence, innovation and
coconut milk. Farmers embrace African 'miracle' rice. High-yielding 'Nerica' ...

Farmers Embrace African 'Miracle' Rice
African farmers' excitement over Nerica is eliciting growing enthusiasm among
... For African rice farmers to be able to fully realize Nerica's potential ...

Presidential Research & Communications Unit - News Roundup
... Last Updated: 01 January, 2004 - 20:28:06. ... who signed on behalf of the federal government,
named the projects as New Rice for Africa (NERICA), Rice Extension ...