AfricaRice project Rice policy and
technology impact on food security and poverty reduction, funded by the
European Union, and implemented by Research Program 4, was reviewed and the
favorable report was announced in December.
The review team commended AfricaRice for
generating high level of interest for its work on identifying and quantifying
factors of importance for ensuring competitiveness of African rice;
communicating research results efficiently; timely production of effective
policy briefs; developing policy options; enabling stakeholder participation;
coordinating effectively with the national agricultural research systems; and
generating effective international public goods.
Overall, the reviewers recommended that future
support for the project be continued to build on the results achieved.