AfricaRice will hold the 2016 Science Week with the active involvement of NARS partners in Cotonou, Benin, from 1-5 February 2016. Various days of the week have been slated for different events, 2 February, the Science Week focuses on six Africa –wide Taskforces on Agronomy, Breeding, Processing and value addiction, Mechanization, policy and gender in rice value chain. Dr. Solomon Assefa will make a presentation on Influencing Policy Change in Wheat IPS in Sudan and Nigeria .