Our Objectives

Increase the knowledge and awareness on rice diseases

Share diagnostic protocols for rice pathogens & pests, including seedborne

Strengthen the surveillance system for early warning for controlling emerging diseases by enhancing the collaboration between NPPOs (operational actors) and (NARS) scientists

Provide a platform to scale-up technologies and innovations

Capacity development for labs and training the next generation of scientists

Understand key features of the pathosystems in their changing environments for disease control

Leverage the regional collaboration to capitalize at the continental level