AfricaRice DDG
Marco Wopereis, gave a key note presentation on
‘Realizing Africa’s rice promise’ during the opening of the 2011 JIRCAS
International Symposium, ‘Trends of International Rice Research and Japanese
Scientific Contribution — Support to GRiSP and CARD’, Tsukuba International
Congress Center, Epochal, Convention Hall 200, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 14–15
November. The workshop was attended by about 120 people. AfricaRice weed
scientist Jonne Rodenburg was awarded the prestigious 2011 Japan International
Award for Young Agricultural Researchers for his work on weed science in
Africa. He was one of the three awardees, the others being from the Philippines
and Bangladesh.
