‘The High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice: Delivering
on Commitments to Transform Africa's Rice Industry Conference’ was held on 25
September within the context of the Senegal Rice Day. The HLM Conference
consisted of panel discussions on issues related to the improvement of the rice
value chain to accelerate rice self-sufficiency in Africa. The HLM Conference
was co-organized by the Government of Senegal, African Union Commission (AUC),
the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, the African
Development Bank (AfDB), the African Regional Office of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Senegalese Institute of
Agricultural Research (ISRA), and AfricaRice.
Opening Ceremony of the High Level Ministerial Conference on Rice
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Welcome Remarks
Harold Roy-Macauley, AfricaRice Director General https://bit.ly/2Qswkdz
Statement from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
Harold Roy-Macauley, AfricaRice Director General https://bit.ly/2Qswkdz
Statement from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
Serge Marie Z. N’Guessan, African
Development Bank Deputy Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and
Business Delivery Office https://bit.ly/2xVEKDo
Statement from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Abebe Haile-Gabriel, FAO Regional Program Leader for Africa https://bit.ly/2RkW1Ot
Opening Speech
Hon. Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement rural du Sénégal
https://bit.ly/2DSYxcb
Session I and Panel Discussion
Rice Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (2008-2018)
Panel discussion on the rice sector in sub-Saharan Africa
(Agriculture Ministers from Chad, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda)
Hon. Lydie Beassemda, Ministre de la Production, de l'Irrigation et des Equipements agricoles, République du Tchad https://bit.ly/2y9i5CL
Hon. Joseph J. Ndanema, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Sierra Leone
https://bit.ly/2OxRMR7
Hon. Nango Dembélé, Ministre de l'Agriculture du Mali https://bit.ly/2xV2XKb
Hon. Mblibulha Kibazanga Taban Christopher, Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Republic of Uganda https://bit.ly/2IAAahY
Hon. Papa Abdoulaye SECK, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement rural du Sénégal
https://bit.ly/2zOGgIG
Session II and Panel Discussion
Seed
systems and rice seed capital in Africa
- Amadou Beye, Seed Specialist,
AfricaRice
https://bit.ly/2QrqE3p
Panel
discussion on seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa
(Representatives from FASO KABA, IRRI, FEPRODES, OCP,
Manobi)
- Maïmouna Sidibé Coulibaly, PDG
de FASO KABA https://bit.ly/2RnhOF5
- Jean Balie, Head of the
Agri-food Policy Platform, IRRI https://bit.ly/2QruMR8
- Mme Penda
Guèye Cissé, Femmes Productrices Région Saint-Louis «FEPRODES»
https://bit.ly/2RlRvzh - Limamoulaye Cisse, Vice
President for Agronomy, OCP Africa https://bit.ly/2NlyTfw
- Pierre C. Sibiry Traoré,
Director of Research and Development at Manobi
https://bit.ly/2DUT8Ba
Session III and Panel Discussion
Scaling-up
agricultural mechanization in Africa
- Abebe Haile-Gabriel, FAO
Regional Program Leader for Africa https://bit.ly/2Qq5YZO
Panel
discussion on agricultural mechanization in Africa
(ISRA-Senegal and NCRI-Nigeria)
(ISRA-Senegal and NCRI-Nigeria)
- Alioune
FALL, Directeur Général de Institut Sénégalais de Recherches
Agricoles (ISRA),Senegal https://bit.ly/2NXSdVc
- Aliyu Umar, Director/CEO of the
National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Nigeria
https://bit.ly/2DQgacx
- Agriculture Minister from The
Gambia https://bit.ly/2IBaBgC
- Message from Agriculture Minister, Democratic Republic of Congo https://bit.ly/2P4Wy5t
Scaling-up agricultural mechanization
https://www.slideshare.net/AfricaRiceCenter/scalingup-agricultural-mechanization
Rice Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (2008-2018)
https://www.slideshare.net/AfricaRiceCenter/rice-trends-in-subsaharan-africa-20082018
Seed systems and rice seed capital in Africa
https://www.slideshare.net/AfricaRiceCenter/seed-systems-and-rice-seed-capital-in-africa
In the news
Rice self-sufficiency paves the way to end hunger in Africa
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/features/rice-self-sufficiency-paves-the-way-to-end-hunger-in-africa-139541
Les pays africains doivent soutenir la croissance face à l’augmentation des factures d'importation de riz http://www.fao.org/senegal/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1154302/
Autosuffisance en riz, l’Afrique doit mettre les bouchées doubles
https://xibaaru.sn/societe/__trashed-12/
4 milliards de dollars américains dépensés par an
http://www.enqueteplus.com/content/importation-de-riz-en-afrique-4-milliards-de-dollars-am%C3%A9ricains-d%C3%A9pens%C3%A9s-par
Conférence ministérielle de haut niveau sur le riz à Dakar : Les pays africains appelés à soutenir la croissance face à l’augmentation des factures d’importation de riz
https://business221.com/conference-ministerielle-de-haut-niveau-sur-le-riz-a-dakar-les-pays-africains-appeles-a-soutenir-la-croissance-face-a-laugmentation-des-factures-dimportation-de-riz/
L’Afrique importe le tiers de la production mondiale de riz
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/l-afrique-importe-le-tiers-de-la-production-mondiale-de-riz-/1265366
High Level Ministerial Conference on Rice
http://www.fao.org/africa/events/detail-events/en/c/1153307/
Brochure
FAO-AfricaRice strategic partnership https://bit.ly/2NkIaUX
Posters
Partenariat stratégique entre la FAO et AfricaRice https://bit.ly/2QrJ0Bn
FAO-AfricaRice strategic partnership https://bit.ly/2QpI14I
Photos
Scenes from the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and Senegal Rice Day Exhibition, 25 September 2018, Dakar, Senegal
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