AfricaRice will conduct training workshops on fabrication of reaper rice machine for five Francophone and six Anglophone countries beginning from the second week of April 2014 to the third week. The 7 day events will take place at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI)Liberia. Dr. J. Moreira is the facilitator. Participating francophone countries are Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Niger and Senegal while the Anglophone countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

A training by AfricaRice on the automation of data analysis for Anglophone countries will hold from 7 -11 April 2014 in Cotonou, Benin. The training will be facilitated by Drs. Aliou Diagne and Aminou Arouna. Participating countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) and project implementation meeting of the SARD-SC project was held on Sunday, 16th March 2014, in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

A 10 – day training workshop on fabrication of Flat Bed Dryer for Anglophone countries will hold from 15th – 30th of March 2014, at the Central Agricultural Research Institute,(CARI), Liberia. Participating countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.