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15th session of CORAF/WECARD Governing Board: Niamey hosted the work from 27 to 29 May 2013
 Niamey, 29 May 2013: The members of the Governing Board of CORAF/WECARD met in Niamey for the 15th session of their institution, six months after the last meeting, held in Dakar in November 2012. For three days, they made the assessment of the implementation of advocacy and resource mobilization by the Institution during the past six months. They reviewed and approved the main results obtained in the implementation of programs and scientific coordination. In accordance with the statutory provisions of CORAF/WECARD, members of the Governing Board reviewed the report on the external audit of the accounts for the 2012 financial year.
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CORAF/WECARD Governing Board: NGOs are represented by Ms. Irié Lou Colette
 As proposed during the 10th General Assembly of CORAF/WECARD held from 18 to 19 May, 2012 in N'Djamena, Ms. Lou Irié Colette represents agricultural NGOs on the Governing Board of CORAF/WECARD.
At the head of the National Federation of food crops Cooperatives of Ivory Coast (FENACOVICI), an NGO founded in 2001 and consisting,
to date, of more than 5,000 farmers, Ms. Lou Irié Colette intends to share her experience with West and Central African NGOs especially in the production, processing and marketing of food crops.
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International Symposium on the Valorization of Research Results and Innovations (Call for papers)
 Those who wish to share their experience on the subject are invited to submit a summary of their paper on one or more of the following themes:
- Constraints and opportunities specific to African countries in the intensive use of research results and innovations for economic and social development
- Creation of an enabling environment for the use of research results and innovations for economic and social development
- Successful experiences of exploiting research results and innovations in developing countries: constraints and factors for success
- Strategic approaches to promote the exploitation of research results and innovation in developing countries in one or more of the following areas; organizational and institutional capacity building, communication, protection of intellectual property, taking gender into account, development of public-private sector partnership, etc.
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6th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly
 The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is pleased to release the announcement for the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week: this continental gathering bring together all stakeholders involved in African agricultural development.
With the General Assembly, the Science Week takes place in Accra, Ghana from 15 to 20 July 2013
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Resources
- WAAPP 2A : updated plans for environmental and social management, pests and pesticides management and resettlement framework
- Documents of the wrap up of WAAPP supervision missions in Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Documents of the information sharing workshop on the spread and control of tomato leafminer Tuta Absoluta
Agricultural Science Week and General Assembly 2014: Submitting the official letter to the Minister of Agriculture of Niger
 Working session with the Minister of Agriculture of Niger, Mr. Oua Saidou, to present the objectives and expected results of the 4th science Week and the 11th General Assembly scheduled for 2014 in Niamey.
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Interview of Dr. Harold ROY-MACAULEY (Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions)
 Interview of Dr Harold ROY-MACAULEY, Executive Director of CORAF/WECARD at the Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions in Sierra Leone.
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Interview of Karen Brooks (Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions)
 Interview of Karen Brooks at the Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions in Sierra Leone.
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Report on environmental and social development safeguards (Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions)
 Report on environmental and social development safeguards at the Wrap Up of WAAPP Supervision Missions in Sierra Leone.
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In order to give greater visibility to its projects, the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD) is creating project briefs. These sheets will provide detailed information on the projects implemented under CORAF/WECARD's guidance.
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 These monographs examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region.
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The National Institute of Agronomic Research in Niger (INRAN), created in 1975, is since April 2010, a public scientific, cultural and technical (EPSCT) institution. This change of status confers greater autonomy and reflects the will of the state to impulse a new dynamic in agricultural research.
In Burkina Faso, tomato is grown mainly during the dry season because of the absence or unavailability of varieties suitable for the rainy season. The few varieties adapted to this period are imported from Europe and the purchase price is not within the reach of most farmers. The Institute for Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA), which coordinates WAAPP Burkina’s National Centre of Specialization on fruits and vegetables (NCS-FL), has developed three new tomato varieties to overcome this constraint: FBT1, FBT2 and FBT3.