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As the Africa rice center declares with pride on its
web pages, the New Rice for Africa, a technology
from Africa for Africa, has become a symbol of hope
for food security in a region of the world where one-
third of the people are undernourished and half the
population struggle to survive on US$1 a day or less
and the Africa rice center director-general Papa Ab-
doulaye Seck comments, “NERICA is a powerful
weapon on Africa’s fight against hunger and poverty”.
Author Contributions
HYQ finished paper, TYN modified paper. Both authors had read and
consented the final text.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported in partial by a grant of Gates foundation and the
National Program of High Technology Development, and a grant from the
National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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