Newsletter, May 2025

Africa Rice Sector Update

CARD is a coalition of 32 Sub-Saharan African countries and 14 Development Partners.  We are working together to double rice production in Africa by Year 2030.

🌾 MESSAGE FROM OUR NEW CARD GENERAL COORDINATOR 

We are excited to welcome Mr. Shinjiro Amameishi as our new General Coordinator at the CARD Secretariat! Looking forward to an exciting chapter under his leadership 👉 Click here to the full article

🌾 SPOTLIGHT:  JAPAN BESTOWS HIGH HONOR ON MR. RAMILISON HARIFIDY 

Congratulatory note to Mr. RAMILISON Harifidy for receiving “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” award from the Japanese Government

We are thrilled to share that Mr. RAMILISON Janset Alin Harifidy, the former Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Madagascar who also served CARD as a Regional Consultant from 2010 to 2021, has been awarded the prestigious “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” by the Japanese Government. His achievement inspires us all! 👉 Click here to the full article

🌾DIVING INTO THE HEART OF RICE CULTIVATION IN CHAD

Interview with Dr. Allarangaye, National Focal Point of the SNDR Task Force and a Long-Time Enthusiast

Across Chad’s vast territory, from golden savannahs to fertile lands flooded by seasonal rains, a discreet treasure shapes both the diet and daily life of communities: rice.
For this issue, we journeyed through fields and villages to meet Dr. Allarangaye, a key figure in rice research and a passionate advocate of this essential crop. 👉 Click here to the full article

🌾 UNLOCKING RICE POTENTIAL: REGIONAL/COUNTRY ACTIVITIES 

Annual Rice Sector Review Meeting of EAC in Nairobi, Kenya

Rice has become the second most important cereal (after maize) for the East African Community (EAC).  To promote food and nutrition security in the EAC region through rice sector development, EAC Secretariat has established an EAC Rice Platform (ERP).  With support from CARD, the ERP had formulated EAC Rice Development Strategy (ERDS) and ERDS Implementation Plan (ERDSIP; 2023-2030), which was approved by the EAC’s Council of Ministers.  With further technical guidance from CARD, the ERP members have recently drawn up a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for assessing progress made under the implementation of the ERDS.  Using a set of 13 indicators, the ERP members collected secondary data in their respective Partner States.  To share the findings with wider stakeholders, the ERP requested EAC Secretariat and CARD Secretariat to organize EAC’s first ARSRM in Nairobi.  👉 Click here to the full article

Chad workshop to finalize the NRDS, drafting concept notes (french version)

Renforcement de la filière riz au Tchad : une étape décisive franchie dans la finalisation de la Stratégie Nationale de Développement du Riz (SNDR)

Yaoundé, avril 2025 — Du 14 au 18 avril 2025, la Task Force du Riz nationale du Tchad, appuyée par la Coalition pour le Développement du Riz en Afrique (CARD) et en partenariat avec divers acteurs techniques et institutionnels, s’est réunie à Yaoundé, au Cameroun, pour une semaine de travail intensif. Objectif : finaliser la Stratégie Nationale de Développement du Riz (SNDR) 2025–2032, élaborer des Notes Conceptuelles de projets prioritaires, et initier la mise en place du dispositif de suivi-évaluation.

👉Click here to the full article (french version)

Annual Rice Sector Review Meeting in Tanzania

Rice is the second most important staple food crop (after maize) in Tanzania.  It is largely grown by smallholder farmers in irrigated and rainfed ecosystems.  Although about 90% of rice cultivation takes place in lowland rainfed environments, it is the irrigated ecosystem that contributes a significant portion of the total rice production.  Since joining the second phase of CARD initiative, Tanzania has developed its second National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS-2; 2019-2030) and Implementation Plan for the NRDS-2.  The NRDS-2 aims to sustain national rice self-sufficiency and contribute to regional self-sufficiency through surplus rice production. 👉Click here to the full article

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