Dr Jean Ekwe Dossa, IFDC Agronomist/Soil Scientist, speaking at the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop, 6-7 Sep 2018, AfricaRice M’bé Research Station, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
Rice Value Chain Compact of AfDB-funded TAAT initiative launched to help scale up proven rice technologies in Africa
The Rice Value Chain Compact of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded “Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)” initiative was officially launched, 6-7 September 2018, at the AfricaRice Research Station in M’bé near Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. The TAAT Rice Value Chain Compact will contribute to the AfDB ‘Feed Africa’ initiative through enhanced deployment of impactful technologies, innovations and products in the rice value chain.
Partners along the rice value chain from 10 African countries attended the project launch to discuss the implementation plan at country level, the technologies that will be deployed and the approaches and strategies for scaling up the technologies. Implementation will start in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda, with spill-over in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea in the first year.
As part of the program, the participants had a guided tour of AfricaRice demonstration plots, seed multiplication, the postharvest and processing facility and the Genetic Resources Unit. The visit allowed them to see some of the technologies that have been selected for scaling up through the TAAT Rice Compact.
Statement from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Opening Speech by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of Senegal
Rice Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (2008-2018) by Harold Roy-Macauley, AfricaRice Director General
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa (Agriculture Minister from Chad)
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa (Agriculture Minister from Sierra Leone)
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa (Agriculture Minister from Senegal)
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa (Agriculture Minister from Mali)
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa (Agriculture Minister from Uganda)
Seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa
Panel discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa (FASO KABA)
Panel discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa (IRRI)
Panel discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa (FEPRODES)
Panel discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa (OCP)
Panel discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa (Manobi)
Scaling-up agricultural mechanization in Africa
Panel discussion on agricultural mechanization in Africa (ISRA-Senegal)
Panel discussion on agricultural mechanization in Africa (NCRI-Nigeria)
Message from Agriculture Minister, The Gambia
Message from Agriculture Minister, Democratic Republic of Congo
Etienne Duveiller speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
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