AfricaRice DDG
Marco Wopereis, gave a keynote 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.
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