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CORAF is an important organization working to improve food and nutrition security in West Africa. CORAF's recent initiatives are a promising sign of its determination to meet the challenges facing West Africa.
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23/04/2025
Strengthening CORAF's actions in the CEMAC region
A delegation from CORAF, led by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Kalifa TRAORÉ, its Executive Director, Dr Moumini SAVADOGO, and its Director of Research and Innovation, Dr....
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11/04/2025
A strong plea for African women entrepreneurs at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
Many women in West and Central Africa operate in an unfavorable environment, with limited access to information, financing, training and business opportunities...
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40,000 growers to benefit from EU-funded research project
Around 40,000 families in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal will benefit from a new five-year plant breeding program...
04 Jun 2020
Blog : Adapting agricultural production to the COVID-19 in...
Contributed by: Hippolyte Affognon; Yacouba Diallo; Fidélia Bohissou; Abdulai Jalloh; David Akana. Recently, we discussed...
03 Jun 2020
Modernizing sweet potato seed breeding in West Africa
A series of five online meetings will be held from May 27 to June 9, 2020 to discuss ways...
May 28, 2020
A new turning point for agricultural research and development in Benin...
For those who have long pondered the thorny question of sustainable funding for research and development (R&D)...
May 21, 2020
New ITRAD Director co-opted onto CORAF Board of Directors
The new Managing Director of the Institut Tchadien de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (ITRAD) has been co-opted to join...
May 19, 2020
Blog : COVID-19 has further complicated access to quality seeds...
Contributors: Yacouba Diallo; Fidélia Bohissou; Hippolyte Affognon; Abdulai Jalloh; David Akana He is more...
May 15, 2020
Forecasts for 2020 point to a shortfall in certified seeds
There will be a shortage of certified seed for maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea and groundnuts for...
08 May 2020
"Burkina Faso can considerably reduce its rice imports"...
Rice is one of the main staple foods in the Sahel and throughout West Africa. Its production and...
04 May 2020