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 31 July – 4 August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Presentation Scheme Administrative Past orientations Evaluation Reports Outcomes Outstanding assignments Conclusion

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Administration Handing over in Jan 2005 (Bamako, Mali) Secretariat in Cotonou,Benin. (Feb 2005) Smooth Handing over Still in Transition

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Implications Reduced number of actors (‘Platform’) Reduced Volume of Projects Reduced Training Opportunities

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Actors NARIs (22; WARDA + CORAF) Universities NGOs FBOs Seed Producers

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ROCARIZ at its peak

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Research Areas

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Researchers Profile

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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.

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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.

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

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

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania NRM TF (2004/2005) Response of lowland NERICAs to externally applied nutrients 8 projects in Gambia, Mali, Burkina,Togo, Niger, Sierra Leone and Nigeria

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Evaluation of the Network USAID; August 2004 CCER; September 2004

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Main Recommendations Revisit the Task Force Model Bring the Universities into the fold Merger of the cereal networks

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1.Task Force Model When the next phase is launched SC/Africa Rice Centre will determine orientation Constraint will be funding levels and commitment

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2.Universities Visited University of Niamey Visited University of Bamako,Kattibougou Visited University Polytechnique of Bobo Visited University of Ghana & KNUST

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

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 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)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania The young shall grow

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Insight is useful (Kumasi)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Discuss to confirm (Niamey)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Interactions help (Burkina)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Consultations are good (Bobo)

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Conclusion There is stability in variability

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Same Vision

Africa Rice Congress 31 st July-4 th August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Thank you Merci Asante sana Me da muase Nye yi wala dunn