Ms
Esperance Benedicte Zossou of Benin, who is pursuing her postgraduate studies
at AfricaRice, won the Third Prize in the 2009-2010 Africa-Wide Women &
Young Professional in Science Competitions for her work on the “Technological
and institutional innovations triggered by farmer-to-farmer rice parboiling
video in Central Benin.”
The
Science Competitions were organized jointly by CTA, FARA, RUFORUM, ANAFE, AGRA,
NEPAD in Burkina Faso, 19-20 Jul 2010, as a side event during the 5th African
Agricultural Science Week and FARA General Assembly.
The
Africa-wide science competitions sought to identify, recognize and reward the
hard work and excellence of young professionals (aged 25 – 40 years) and women
scientists who are engaged in innovative and pioneering research and
communicating their outputs (knowledge, technologies and approaches) to improve
agricultural productivity and the livelihoods of rural communities.
One
hundred submissions were received for both competitions from which 41 top
entrants were selected to develop their abstracts into full papers.
In
Mar 2010, Ms Zossou had won the Outstanding Young Scientist Award at the Africa
Rice Congress 2010, organized by AfricaRice in Bamako, Mali.
