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africarice Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012. Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- yea
May 3, 2012

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africarice Preview of a 52-minute video that shows the setting up of multi-stakeholder processes and platform (MSPs) as part of a project supported by the European Union entitled "Realizing the agricultural potential of inland valley lowlands in sub-Saharan Africa while maintaining their environmental services" (RAP). The project partners comprise the Institut national des recherches agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Institut d'économie rurale (IER) in Mali, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Wage
Apr 23, 2012

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africarice Une courte vidéo de promotion d'une vidéo de 52 minutes qui montre la mise en place des processus et des plates-formes multi-acteurs (PPM) dans le cadre d'un projet appuyé par l'Union Européenne intitulé « Réalisation du potentiel agricole des bas-fonds d'Afrique subsaharienne tout en préservant leurs services environnementaux » (RAP). Les partenaires du projet sont l'Institut national des recherches agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), l'Institut d'économie rurale (IER) du Mali, l'Institut international d'agricul
Apr 23, 2012

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africarice Ethiopia, Africa's oldest independent country and the cradle of an ancient civilization, is fast emerging as one of the big rice-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Although rice has just been recently introduced to Ethiopia, recognizing its importance as a food security crop and a source of income and employment opportunities, the government of Ethiopia has named it the "millennium crop," and has ranked it among the priority commodities of the country.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Video collage of the "Meeting for curriculum development for seed production training", held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 12-15 March 2012 Speakers in video: Jan Beniest, AfricaRice Consultant/Moderator, Training Specialist, Kenya Cyriaque Akakpo, Institut National de Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Cotonou, Benin Oguntolu Williams, Premier Seed Nigeria Ltd, Nigeria Awédé Euloge, Producteur de riz, Benin Beye Amadou, AfricaRice, Cote d'Ivoire Karim Traoré, AfricaRice, Senegal Saidu Bah, A
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Video collage of the African Union - AfricaRice Joint Consultation Meeting--Implementation of Project on Development and Promotion of Regional (ECOWAS) Value Chains, held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 15-16 March 2012 Speakers in video: Akinbamijo Yemi, Head, Agricultural & Food Security, African Union Commission (AUC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Marco Wopereis, Deputy Director General (Research), AfricaRice, Benin Josue Dione, Director, Food Security & Sustainable Development Division, UN Economic Commiss
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Video collage of the 2-day sessions of "Journées AfricaRice-Bénin" (AfricaRice-Benin Day), held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 9-10 February 2012. Speakers in video collage: Dr Koudande Delphin, Directeur général adjoint, Institut National de Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Cotonou, Bénin Madame Victorine Kpohazounde, Conseiller technique, Ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP), Cotonou, Bénin Madame Isabelle Mingbleto, Ingénieur Agronome, Presidente, Association national
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Video collage of the 2-day sessions of "Journées AfricaRice-Bénin" (AfricaRice-Benin Day), held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 9-10 February 2012. Speakers in video collage: Dr Koudande Delphin, Directeur général adjoint, Institut National de Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Cotonou, Bénin Madame Victorine Kpohazounde, Conseiller technique, Ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP), Cotonou, Bénin Madame Isabelle Mingbleto, Ingénieur Agronome, Presidente, Association national
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice There are many problems with poor seed, and spotted and discolored seed are some of the major ones. These spotted seeds could not be removed by winnowing or seed floatation.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice In this video we will learn all about nutritients, soil structure, organic matter and how to maintain your soil fertile. All this will allow you to keep on cultivating your land and produce healthy crops.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Farmers face great difficulties with drying their seeds because seed absorbs moisture from the soil. As a result, seed quality deteriorates, and no-one can expect good yields by using poor quality seed.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice How does land preparation and water management affect crop establishment, weed management and rice yields? And why does a field need to be perfectly levelled to have optimal effect of fertilizers?
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice "Yields are much higher when rice is transplanted. Compared to broadcasting, yields are two or three times higher." Web published : R.Raman, AfricaRice
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice How does land preparation and water management affect crop establishment, weed management and rice yields? And why does a field need to be perfectly levelled to have optimal effect of fertilizers?
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice "...culture of quality is very important for us to push back the dumping from outside, if we don't do it; whether its from Africa, whether it's from my mothers kitchen, people are not going to buy it, so we have to become competitive, we have to develop competitive advantage and quality is the most important element in competitive advantage and, it's within our reach, we can do it." Web published : R.Raman, AfricaRice
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice As we know that effective weed control could increase yields by more than 50%, it surely is worthwhile taking a closer look. In this video we will learn how to control weeds most effectively.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice Although rice is highly nutritious, a lot of the quality is lost during processing. This results in poor quality rice on the market.
Apr 17, 2012

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africarice There are many problems with poor seed, and spotted and discolored seed are some of the major ones. These spotted seeds could not be removed by winnowing or seed floatation.
Apr 17, 2012