AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for 2019
This is an annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr Robert Carsky who served as agronomist at AfricaRice. The Carsky Award is conferred on staff, who have demonstrated high standards of excellence and made exceptional contributions to rice research, training and research support. Two awards are given every year, one to an Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS) and the other to a General Support Staff (GSS).
Dr Gaudiose Mujawamariya, and Rice Value Chain Expert and Gender Focal Point, who also serves as AfricaRice Representative in Madagascar received the 2019 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for IRS on 11 April at the 45th Meeting of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees, M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire. She received this prestigious award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to rice research in Africa, especially relating to rice value chain in Eastern Africa and her ongoing work on integrating gender in AfricaRice research. She has also contributed significantly to building strategic partnerships and resource mobilization efforts.
Mr Sanogo Fassouma, Senior Translator at AfricaRice, received the 2019 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for GSS for his outstanding support to AfricaRice translation service, strong commitment, trustworthiness, sense of responsibility and hard work.
Mrs Rebecca Khelseau-Carsky handed over the 2019 AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award to the winners in the presence of the AfricaRice Board of Trustees and staff members.
Concluding remarks by Dr Lala Razafinjara
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley speaking
Lala Razafinjara, Director General of FOFIFA, Madagascar speaking
Yté Wongbé, Director General of CNRA, Côte d'Ivoire speaking
AfricaRice Deputy Director General Dr Etienne Duveiller speaking
Kouame Ambroise, Projet de promotion du riz local (PRORIL), Ministry of Agriculture, Cote d’Ivoire, speaking
Benoit Clerget, Ecophysiologist, CIRAD, speaking
Ernest A. Asiedu, Chief of Party, West Africa Seed Program (WASP), CORAF/WECARD, speaking
Georges Bredou, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Coordinator of Vision for Changes project activities, speaking
Alexis Ndayiragije, IRRI Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Plant Breeding Program Leader, speaking
Seiji Yanagihara, Miyuki Iiyama, JIRCAS, speaking
Abdoulaye Sawadogo, Director General of NAFASO
AfricaRice Director for Partnership and Capacity Strengthening Dr Samuel Bruce-Oliver speaks at the Joint IFAD-AfDB event
H.E. Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck addressing the AfricaRice staff
AfricaRice Director General leads round table debate on rice self-sufficiency in Africa at ISRFG 2016 side event
Jacqueline Rakotoarsoa, FOFIFA Research Director, Madagascar at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
Gaoussou Traoré, Coordinator of the National Rice Center, IER, Mali at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
Fréderic Lançon, CIRAD Economist at ISRFG 2016 side event - round table debate
ISRFG opening lecture by Khady Nani Dramé
Baboucarr Manneh's presentation at ISRFG
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