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Citation: Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). 2017. Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Annual Report 2016: Towards rice selfsufficiency in Africa. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: 36 pp. " 3 Print 978-92-9113-390-1 PDF 978-92-9113-391-8 4 3 Green Ink (www.greenink.co.uk) 5 3 All pictures are by staff members of Africa Rice Center, and networks and consortia convened by the Center.

Cover: Modern rice mills, such as the Mukunguri Rice Mill in Kamonyi District, Southern Province, Rwanda, play an important role in national rice development programs.

About Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)

AfricaRice is a CGIAR Research Center — part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is also an intergovernmental association of African member countries. The Center was created in 1970 by 11 African countries. Today its membership comprises 26 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda. AfricaRice headquarters is based in Côte d’Ivoire. Staff members are located in Côte d’Ivoire and also in AfricaRice research stations in Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

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Publications 2016 AfricaRice publications 2016

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About CGIAR CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. Its research is carried out by 15 CGIAR Centers in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector.

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The Centers AfricaRice

Africa Rice Center (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)

Bioversity

Bioversity International (Rome, Italy)

CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Cali, Colombia)

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research (Bogor, Indonesia)

CIMMYT

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico, DF, Mexico)

CIP

International Potato Center (Lima, Peru)

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Beirut, Lebanon)

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Patancheru, India)

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, DC, USA)

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Ibadan, Nigeria)

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute (Nairobi, Kenya)

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute (Los Baños, Philippines)

IWMI

International Water Management Institute (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

World Agroforestry

World Agroforestry Centre (Nairobi, Kenya)

WorldFish

WorldFish Center (Penang, Malaysia)

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