Cotonou, Benin
June 24, 2008
The member countries of the
Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
have approved Egypt’s application to join the Center.
In his request, His Excellency Mr Amin Abaza, Minister of
Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt wrote, “I am sure this
will lead to excellent work and the achievement of our common
objectives. We wish to commend the Africa Rice Center as a
continental organization serving all African countries.”
Egypt is the first country from North Africa to join the Africa
Rice Center which is an association of African member countries
and one of the 15 international institutes supported by the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR).
Warmly congratulating Egypt, Africa Rice Center Director General
Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck remarked, “Africa Rice Center has now a
much wider coverage of the continent and our membership has
doubled from 11 countries in 1970 when it was established to 22
at present. It now includes countries from West, East, Central
and North Africa.”
The Director General took the opportunity to thank the Council
of Ministers, the Board, former Directors General, the personnel
as well as donors and partners. “There is no doubt that without
their strong support, the Center would not have reached this
level,” he stated. |
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