Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ROCARIZ Status Report Lawrence Narteh (Coordinator) Africa Rice Center (WARDA)

Africa Rice Congress

31st July-4th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

ROCARIZ Status Report

Lawrence Narteh(Coordinator)

Africa Rice Center (WARDA)

Africa Rice Congress31 July – 4 August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania



Presentation Scheme

• Administrative

• Past orientations

• Evaluation Reports

• Outcomes

• Outstanding assignments

• Conclusion



SC Committee Membership

Mamadou M’bare Coulibaly (Chair, Breeding)

Sekou Diawara (Economics)

Zacharie Segda (NRM)

Blaise Kabore (IPM)

Godwin Olaniyan (PITT)

Mrs Penda Cisse (Co-Chair, PITT)

Sere Yacouba (Africa Rice Centre)

Aliou Diagne (Africa Rice Centre)



Administration

• Handing over in Jan 2005 (Bamako, Mali)

• Secretariat in Cotonou,Benin. (Feb 2005)

• Smooth Handing over

• Still in Transition



Implications

• Reduced number of actors (‘Platform’)

• Reduced Volume of Projects

• Reduced Training Opportunities



Actors

• NARIs (22; WARDA + CORAF)

• Universities

• NGOs

• FBOs

• Seed Producers



ROCARIZ at its peak

TT TF

SNRM TF

NRM TF IPM TF

MSR TF

Breeding TFRRSEconomics TF



Research Areas

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pest

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Social c

apita

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Seed p

rodu

ction

Credit

Produ

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Labo

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ving

Constraints

Freq

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Researchers Profile

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20

40

60

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ing T

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MSR T

F

IPM

TF

NRM T

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SNRM T

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TT TF

Econo

mics

TF

Total

No

s. No. Scientists 2002

No. Scientists 2003

No. Country 2002

No. Country 2003



Breeding TF (2004/2005)

• Evaluation of inter- and intra-specific lowland and irrigated rice varieties

• 10 projects in Sierra Leone, Togo, Mali, Niger, Guinea, Ghana, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon.



IPM Projects (2004/2005)

• Evaluation of progenies against major insect pests and diseases

• 14 projects in Sierra Leone, Togo, Mali, Niger, Guinea, Ghana, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Cameroon.



PITT (2004/2005)

• Breeder and farmer seed production• Testing of extension materials• Testing of grain quality acceptability

• 11 projects in Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Senegal, Togo, Mali, Niger, Ghana, The Gambia, Burkina



Economics TF (2004/2005)

• Adoption and impact studies on improved rice varieties particularly upland NERICAs

• 5 projects in Benin, The Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria



NRM TF (2004/2005)

• Response of lowland NERICAs to externally applied nutrients

• 8 projects in Gambia, Mali, Burkina,Togo, Niger, Sierra Leone and Nigeria



Capacity Development

• Group Training Programmes • Impact Assessment Methodology• Biotechnology Skills Transfer• IPM strategies (Blast recognition)• Computer Applications and Statistical

Analyses

1. Higher Degrees (BSc, MSc, PhD. etc)



Evaluation of the Network

• USAID; August 2004

• CCER; September 2004



Main Recommendations

• Revisit the Task Force Model

• Bring the Universities into the fold

• Merger of the cereal networks



1.Task Force Model

• When the next phase is launched

• SC/Africa Rice Centre will determine orientation

• Constraint will be funding levels and commitment



2.Universities• Visited University of Niamey

• Visited University of Bamako,Kattibougou

• Visited University Polytechnique of Bobo

• Visited University of Ghana & KNUST



3.Cereals Network

• Taking effect in October

• Coordinator recruited (CORAF)

• Call be sent for NARS & CG Centres to apply

• Two other networks

• Subsequent actions will unfold



Outstanding

• Publications

( Fe toxicity and 4Rs (2004) Accra)

• Biotechnology Skills transfer

(Ghana & Benin)

• Visit other universities

(Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cameroon)



The young shall grow



Insight is useful (Kumasi)



Discuss to confirm (Niamey)



Interactions help (Burkina)



Consultations are good (Bobo)



Conclusion

There is stability in variability



Same Vision



Thank you

Merci

Asante sana

Me da muase

Nye yi wala dunn

Documents

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ROCARIZ Status Report Lawrence Narteh (Coordinator) Africa Rice Center (WARDA)