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Africa Rice Center (WARDA) is an autonomous
inter-governmental research association of
African member states. It is also one of the 15
international agricultural research Centers
supported by the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
The ‘New Rice for Africa’ (NERICA), which is
bringing hope to millions of poor people in
Africa, was developed by WARDA and its partners.
The success of the NERICAs has helped shape the
Center’s future direction, extending its horizon
beyond West and Central Africa into Eastern and
Southern Africa.
The Center hosts the African Rice Initiative
(ARI), the Regional Rice Research and
Development Network for West and Central Africa
(ROCARIZ), and the Inland Valley Consortium
(IVC). It also supports the Coordination Unit of
the Eastern and Central African Rice Research
Network (ECARRN), based in Tanzania.
Since January 2005, the Center has been working
from Cotonou, Benin. It has regional research
stations near St Louis, Senegal and at the
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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