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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
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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
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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.
MP
Calls for the Banning of Importation of Rice
All AfricaWed 19 May 2004
Hon. Alhaji Alpha Kanu, Member of Parliament representing Port
Loko District has said in parliament that the banning of rice
importation involving huge amounts of foreign exchange will
facilitate grea...
Africa
Behind in Food Output
The Nation 15 May 2004
Adoption of biotechnology to
create genetically modified crops could be the ultimate answer to
Africa's falling food yields. | An estimated 200 million people on
the continent are malnourished, and re...
National
Agricultural Research Organisation Implements President's
Manifesto
All AfricaThu
13 May 2004
NARO's current programme was
developed in 1999 from nation-wide stakeholders' consultations.
The activities focused on addressing what were categorized as
"killer constraints". When the Plan for the M...
Upland rice saves farmers
The New Vision 12 May 2004
THE upland rice varieties, especially NARIC 1, 2 and NERICA are doing very well in the six pilot districts which participated in their evaluation and selection.
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
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Mar
29, 2004
... International Corporation Agency (Jica). The new
variety known as Rice for Africa (Nerica) provides higher
yields. Other features are ...
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 ...
Persistance,
innovation et lait de noix de coco
La mise au point du Nerica est le fruit de longues recherches,
explique M. Kanayo Nwanze, directeur général de l'Association
pour le développement de la riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest
(ADRAO).
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
...
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