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The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) – is an autonomous intergovernmental research association of African member states. WARDA is also one of the 16 international agricultural research Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ).
WARDA's mission is to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa, through research, development and partnership activities aimed at increasing the productivity and profitability of the rice sector in ways that ensure the sustainability of the farming environment.
WARDA 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 ).
WARDA has its headquarters in Côte d'Ivoire and regional research stations near St Louis, Senegal, at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture ( IITA ) in Ibadan, Nigeria, and at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ) research station at Samanko, near Bamako, Mali.
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