Institution
Africa Rice Center
(AfricaRice)
The Africa Rice Center is a pan-African Center of Excellence for rice research, development and capacity building.
AfricaRice is one of 15 international agricultural research centers of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is also an intergovernmental association of African member countries.
The modus operandi of the Center is partnership at all levels. Its research and development activities are conducted in collaboration with various stakeholders for the benefit of millions of African farmers and other actors of the rice value chain for whom rice means food and livelihoods.