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Welcome to PARASITE

 
 

PARASITE - Preparing African Rice Farmers Against Parasitic Weeds in a Changing Environment - is an exciting multidisciplinary research project of Wageningen University, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of Benin (INRAB), Côte d'Ivoire (CNRA) and Tanzania (MARI). This website provides information on the 4 subprojects, project members, upcoming events, publications and interesting links and references. For more information please check the youtube interview with Dr Jonne Rodenburg - weed scientist at AfricaRice - on this page.

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Sub-projects

PhD-project 1 – Biology and ecology – Stella KabiriPhD-project 2 – Agronomy and management strategies – Dennis TippePhD-project 3 – Socio-economic impact – Simon N’choPostdoc project – Sociology and innovation systems – Josey Kamanda

Recent news

  • NEW Parasite publication online in Field Crops Research

    June 4, 2020
  • PhD opportunities with NRI and Rothamsted Research

    October 2, 2019
  • Sucking the life out of its host: the Vampire weed

    October 2, 2019
  • NEW PUBLICATION: Inefficiency of manual weeding in rainfed rice systems affected by parasitic weeds

    February 2, 2019
  • Parasite ruins African rice culture

    September 29, 2017

Upcoming events

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    Recent Documents

    • N’cho et al., 2017 – Impact of infestation by parasitic weeds on rice farmers’ productivity and technical efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa
      Pdf, April 18, 2017
    • Genetic variation and host–parasite specificity of Striga resistance and tolerance in rice: the need for predictive breeding
      Pdf, February 24, 2017
    • Poster Effect of sowing time on parasitic weeds in rain-fed rice production eco-systems
      Pdf, February 24, 2017
    • New paper: Systems approaches to innovation in pest management
      Pdf, August 27, 2015
    • FAO presentation Parasite Josey Kamanda
      Pdf, August 19, 2015
    More Documents...

    Recent Videos

    • Multi-stakeholder workshops Parasite Project – October 2012  - October 31, 2012
    • Building an ICT-based science and technology network on managing African weeds of rice  - October 2, 2012
    • New video Parasite-project: Research in Action!  - July 7, 2012
    • Video and mp3 on integrated striga control  - May 8, 2012
    • The War on Weeds  - May 8, 2012
    More Videos...
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