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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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Alliance Sahel gives new impetus to scientific cooperation
Scientific collaboration between Franco-African agricultural research institutions goes back several decades. Together, these institutions have...
Sep 21, 2018
Private-sector players take over production of compound bread in...
Under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), FIRCA has...
Sep 18, 2018
Towards the "privatization" of the West African seed industry
With a view to strengthening the role of the private sector in seed production and distribution in West Africa,...
Sep 18, 2018
Low millet productivity poses new challenges for researchers
Despite recent advances in research, inadequate production and the harmful effects of climate change have...
Sep 17, 2018
Turning West African cotton stems into a profitable business
In almost all the cotton-growing countries of West Africa, cotton stalks are considered to be the most...
Sep 13, 2018
The business life of KANGAH Albert, a pioneer in the production of...
KANGAH Albert has now become an agricultural businessman, having benefited in 2012 from the support...
Jul 19, 2018
CORAF's new Chairwoman takes up her post with a mission to...
The eminent Cape Verdean agricultural researcher Angela Maria P. Barreto da Vega Moreno has taken over the reins of CORAF...
11 Jul 2018
West Africa assesses progress in implementing the...
Seed companies from seventeen countries (16 from West Africa, plus Chad) are meeting in the Senegalese capital,...
06 Jul 2018