WARDA Signs MoU with French Research Organizations
August 15, 2008| |
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by African Rice Center (WARDA), the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Research Institute for Development (IRD) and the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD) to help improve sustainable rice production, address climatic change-related issues, diversify rice-based systems and reduce post-harvest losses in Africa. The four institutions will carry out joint research projects, training and information dissemination on rice-based production systems in the region.
As part of this agreement, scientists from the French research organizations will be posted at WARDA’s research stations to work on specific constraints to rice production in the continent. WARDA Director General Papa Abdoulaye Seck said that the MoU will help bring together the institutions’ comparative and complementary advantages to benefit Africa's rice sector.
The media release is available at http://www.warda.cgiar.org/warda/newsbrief.asp#MoU_signed_with_French_Institutions_(CIRAD,_INRA_and_IRD)
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