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.
AfricaRice Lowland Rice Breeder Venuprasad Ramaiah on RICE Flagship Project 5
IRRI Former Head of Social Sciences Division Sam Mohanty on RICE Flagship Project 1
IRRI Senior Economist and Value chain specialist Matty Demont on RICE Flagship Project 2
CIAT Physiologist Maria Camila Rebolledo on RICE Flagship Project 4
Opening remarks : Consultation workshop on comparative rice competitiveness Asia-Africa
Dr Abdoulaye Touré on West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP)
Mr Aman Khanna on Rice Value Chain development: Guiding principles from Asia
Dr Martin Fregene on TAAT : Framework program in support of FEED AFRICA
Dr Fadel Ndiame on AGRA’s Model in engaging partners to deliver technologies
Dr Ladda Viriyangkura on Rice Value Chain Management in Thailand
Dr Ngin Chhay on Rice Sector Development in Cambodia
Mr Chandrashekhar on “Rice Value Chain – India’s experience”
Closing remarks : Consultation workshop on comparative rice competitiveness Asia-Africa
Dr Sali Ndindeng, Chercheur d’AfricaRice sur la Qualité des grains et technologies post-récolte donne un rapport synthétique sur le cours de formation sur "L'étuvage amélioré du riz"
Dr Sali Ndindeng, AfricaRice Grain Quality and Postharvest Technology Scientist summarizing the training course on "Improved rice parboiling"
Prof. Jean Nemlin, Director of Research and Lead of CNRA Post-harvest technologies and Central Laboratories speaking on the importance of parboiling in Côte d’Ivoire
Dr Ernest Depieu, CNRA Systems Agronomist talking on the potential of improved parboiled rice in Côte d’Ivoire
Mrs Soro Adjaratou, Women parboiler from Gagnoa, speaking of the benefits of the training course on "Improved rice parboiling"
Mrs Camara Assetou, head of the women’s cooperative SCOOPS FG, Bouaké speaking of the benefits of the training course on "Improved rice parboiling"
Interview du DG d'AfricaRice, Dr Harold Roy-Macauley, au SARA TV
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