The Center for the Improvement of the Adaptation to Drought (CERAAS) recently earned regional recognition for their efforts to help dry cereal farmers overcome challenges like drought and climate change. Named a Regional Center of Excellence (RCoS) by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Senegalese research center’s expanded programming includes developing drylands cereals-related technologies for farmers across West […]
CALL FOR MANIFESTATION OF INTEREST ———————— Recruitment of individual consultant to Support the implementation of seed regulations in West Africa ———————- Opening of the call: 03/08/2018 Closure of the call: 14/08/2018 ———- CEI N° 18-2018 Download terms of reference The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) intends to recruit an […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ———————— Recruitment of a firm for Orientation and Training for CORAF Governing Board members ———————— Opening of the call: 27 / 07 / 2018 Closure of the call: 17/ 08/2018 ————— AMI No. 17-2018 Download terms of references The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development […]
About seventeen West African countries are today credited for adopting a common seed regulation. These laws are designed to facilitate the free flow of critical seeds from one country to another. Effectively implemented, they can facilitate the access to high-quality certified seeds to farmers and producers and sustainably transform the agriculture industry in West Africa. […]
About seventeen West African countries are today credited for adopting a common seed regulation. These laws are designed to facilitate the free flow of critical seeds from one country to another. Effectively implemented, they can facilitate the access to high-quality certified seeds to farmers and producers and sustainably transform the agriculture industry in West Africa. […]
Cape Verdean lead agricultural researcher, Dr. Angela Maria P. Barreto da vega Moreno has taken over the reins of CORAF amidst mounting and complex challenges facing the agriculture industry in West and Central Africa. Dr. Moreno took over at a ceremony at CORAF Headquarters in Dakar, Senegal on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. The agricultural economies […]
– AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING PROSPERITY, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA Download terms of references The West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) is a not for profit international association of National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) from 23 countries in […]
Seed actors from seventeen West African countries meet in the Senegalese capital, Dakar from Monday, July 9 to 11, 2018 to evaluate progress in the implementation of the harmonized seed regulation. The vibrancy of the seed industry and active transboundary seed trade depend on workable regulations. In the past five years, CORAF has worked with […]
Seed actors from seventeen West African countries meet in the Senegalese capital, Dakar from Monday, July 9 to 11, 2918 to evaluate progress in the implementation of the harmonized seed regulation. The vibrancy of the seed industry and active transboundary seed trade depend on workable regulations. In the past five years, CORAF has worked with nations […]
Niger has scaled up the electronic vouchers to deliver critical agri-inputs to farmers in remote corners of the country. Between May 29 to June 19, 2018, about 10000 people from the ten communes received certified millet and cowpea seeds thanks to the electronic system put in place by the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP), Niger. […]
