AfricaRice calls for vigilance over poor quality imported rice into African countries

As part of its mandate, the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) plays a key role in advising its member countries on critical rice production and marketing issues. For example, the rice crisis in 2008 in Africa was clearly predicted by AfricaRice and its member countries were alerted in 2007 through the Council of Ministers, which is AfricaRice's highest oversight body. As a result, many African rice-producing countries have developed and are implementing national rice development strategies under t