West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD)
Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles (CORAF)
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URL: http://www.coraf.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coraf.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CORAFNews
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CORAFWECARD
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125925112@N05/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coraf-west-and-central-africa-for-agricultural-research-and-development/
Founded
1987
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Promote cooperation, consultation and information exchange between member institutions on one hand and partners on the other; define joint sub-regional and regional research objectives and priorities; serve as a consultative body for research carried out by regional and international organizations operating at the sub-regional level; develop joint research programmes in order to strengthen complementary activities of the Council and its partners; harmonize the activities of existing research networks and facilitate the creation of new regional networks or other operational research units with a regional character.
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Partner of: E-XJ7326 - Global Soil Partnership (GSP); D-XJ7857 - West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). Cooperative research programme with: E-XE3041 - Conseil permanent de la Francophonie (CPF). Supports: D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice); H-XE3150 - Bioversity International; E-XE2944 - Centre Africain de Recherches sur Bananiers et Plantains (CARBAP). Member of: F-XF7131 - Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP). Links with: F-XF4577 - Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa (CMA/WCA); E-XE6031 - Institut du Sahel (INSAH); E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: F-XF5829 - Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAiR); U-XM0987 - Inland Valley Consortium (IVC); F-XF4243 - International Foundation for Science (IFS). Partner of: F-XM3817 - European Cooperative for Rural Development (EUCORD); U-XE4637 - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture. Expected to coordinate the proposed: J-XM0761 - Cereals Network. Instrumental in setting up: F-XF4296 - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Supports: U-XM0986 - Réseau ouest et centre africain du riz (ROCARIZ). Cooperates with: E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE); E-XE3975 - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). Links with: F-XF3349 - African Coffee Research Network (ACRN); U-XF4504 - African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE); U-XF3058 - Agricultural Research Management Training Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa (ARMT); D-XD5643 - Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA); F-XF3719 - European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN); E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); E-XE4076 - International Trypanotolerance Centre (ITC); E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI); F-XF4781 - Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires (RPCA); F-XF6027 - Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC). Links indicated by: F-XF5623 - African Network of Research on Storage Insects (ANERSI); G-XM6783 - ASUDEC.
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XF3083
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