Former Regional Director for World Agroforestry Centre’s West and Central Africa region, Dr Harold Roy-Macaule, has been appointed as the new head of the Africa Rice Center.

An article on SeedQuest reports that Dr Roy-Macauley has outlined his vision for the Center as helping to position rice, which he refers to as ‘the next gold’, as key in driving the economies of rice-producing countries in Africa and contributing to industrial development and livelihood changes of rural producers, especially women, involved in rice production.

Dr Roy-Macauley has nearly 30 years of experience in agricultural research with extensive leadership and management expertise. He is currently Executive Director of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development, which coordinates and facilitates agricultural R&D activities in 22 countries in West and Central Africa. He will take up the position of Director General of Africa Rice in March 2015.

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