date:Apr 15, 2014
Faso (2) and Cote dIvoire (1) participated in a USDA Cochran fellowship programme in rice production and technology. USDA - Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) provided oversight while the programme was designed by the University of California, Davis.
Activities took place in South Carolina, Louisiana and California. This training complemented efforts made by USAIDs Economic Growth Project (PCE) and USDA-FAS to improve the rice sector and increase local rice production in Senegal and the sub re