http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/ Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:39 -0700 Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:39 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.africarice.orghttp://www.africarice.org/LOGO-africarice-landscape.png Africaricephotostreamhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/8OBjnP1OsiE/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138865975/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7138865975_9ea14afa3b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/8OBjnP1OsiE" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:39 -0700 2012-04-26T16:04:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138865975 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138865975/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/E3AB_HJXaPk/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782964/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/6992782964_11e6f37548_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/E3AB_HJXaPk" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:29 -0700 2012-04-26T16:03:21-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992782964 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782964/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/hggcJASvy7Q/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782520/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/6992782520_07e131fc76_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/hggcJASvy7Q" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:17 -0700 2012-04-26T16:02:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992782520 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782520/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/0NoZQ8Oaffo/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782108/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/6992782108_94168d65df_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/0NoZQ8Oaffo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:02:07 -0700 2012-04-26T16:01:27-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992782108 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992782108/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/dY0MgqM-Gwo/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992781568/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/6992781568_19aa7beaf2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/dY0MgqM-Gwo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:53 -0700 2012-04-26T15:52:51-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992781568 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992781568/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/PPhp5y8kUdo/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138863873/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7138863873_55c7dbdb63_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/PPhp5y8kUdo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:46 -0700 2012-04-26T15:52:22-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138863873 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138863873/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/5A8f42MTm8I/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138863535/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7138863535_55e54fd011_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/5A8f42MTm8I" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:38 -0700 2012-04-26T15:51:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138863535 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138863535/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/qfdXmqD4Wk4/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992780548/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/6992780548_cbca673a19_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/qfdXmqD4Wk4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:28 -0700 2012-04-26T15:51:51-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992780548 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992780548/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/HKaxn1Ap6e8/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992780116/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6992780116_5707372e76_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/HKaxn1Ap6e8" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:18 -0700 2012-04-26T15:47:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992780116 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992780116/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/k11A0xKsKpI/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138862325/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7138862325_6840358363_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/k11A0xKsKpI" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:10 -0700 2012-04-26T15:33:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138862325 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice africaricebreedingtaskforce belloakankeillyath inrab bayuhbelay eiar absajaw nari paulkofidartey csir raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako ncri innocentndikumana rab aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo naro rakeshkumarsingh irri semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng marcowopereis rraman africarice africaricecenter ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138862325/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/kkXqQI3Du5s/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992779326/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/6992779326_e4327bb44e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/kkXqQI3Du5s" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:59 -0700 2012-04-26T15:32:08-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992779326 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992779326/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/TFBuEik-bQg/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992778750/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/6992778750_1dde9a7af7_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/TFBuEik-bQg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:45 -0700 2012-04-26T15:31:07-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992778750 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992778750/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/dwsQcv1QkgU/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138860949/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7138860949_82fe94bff2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/dwsQcv1QkgU" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:34 -0700 2012-04-26T15:22:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138860949 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138860949/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/5-QKsXLfPDY/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138860405/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7138860405_b7a7e6acc7_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/5-QKsXLfPDY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:20 -0700 2012-04-26T15:20:44-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138860405 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138860405/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/0AxNR-NKxJs/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992777154/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/6992777154_7effdf0bde_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/0AxNR-NKxJs" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:04 -0700 2012-04-26T15:20:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992777154 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992777154/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/Kp0EHC5Y3Xo/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138859211/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8013/7138859211_21186ee785_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/Kp0EHC5Y3Xo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:59:49 -0700 2012-04-26T15:19:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138859211 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138859211/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/3FXBgxglqPg/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138858561/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7138858561_374a60838a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/3FXBgxglqPg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:59:34 -0700 2012-04-26T15:17:27-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7138858561 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/7138858561/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/4nkxi7i3nC4/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992775352/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6992775352_371246a625_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/4nkxi7i3nC4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:59:24 -0700 2012-04-26T15:16:23-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992775352 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992775352/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/E7qTe0qSOgI/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992774824/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/6992774824_17bb59f2ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/E7qTe0qSOgI" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:59:12 -0700 2012-04-26T15:15:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992774824 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992774824/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~3/mBzZopOvoVY/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/africarice/">AfricaRice</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992774434/" title="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6992774434_ed376612e1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task" /></a></p> <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Africaricephotostream/~4/mBzZopOvoVY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:59:03 -0700 2012-04-26T15:14:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AfricaRice) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6992774434 Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task <p>Scenes from the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012.<br /> Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the International Rice Research Institute met at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force, Cotonou, Benin. <br /> The objective of this Task Force is to accelerate the development and release of new rice varieties through multi-environment and multi- year trials of many promising breeding lines. <br /> The Breeding Task Force has also been actively engaged in capacity development programs on breeding, experimental design, and germplasm database management for national researchers. <br /> At this meeting, four days of intensive discussions led to identification of promising rice lines to advance in the screening process. The rice breeders are confident that in 2013 the first lines that have gone through this continent-wide screening process will be ready for release.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : R.Raman, AfricaRice</p> AfricaRice nari rab naro eiar irri csir ncri africarice africaricecenter rraman africaricebreedingtaskforce marcowopereis inrab belloakankeillyath bayuhbelay absajaw paulkofidartey raharinivoviviane fofifa majialhassantswako innocentndikumana aiahstevenngaujah slari jimmylamo rakeshkumarsingh semonmande venuprasadramaiah negussiezenna baboucarrmanneh raafatelnamaky moussasie ibnoudieng ricebreeder http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/africarice/6992774434/