Common use of Rice Clause in Contracts

Rice. The AfricaRice collection comprises mainly rice of African origin (approximately 80%) or rice of direct interest to Africa. Approximately 16% of the collection is Oryza glaberrima and the rest is mostly O. sativa with about 460 accessions of 5 wild species. AfricaRice works closely with IRRI and a number of activities are underway to strengthen this relationship. There is relatively little overlap between the IRRI and Africa Rice collections. Where possible, AfricaRice distributes material (including IRRI materials) within Africa and vice versa in Asia. Problems resulting from the move of AfricaRice from Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire to Cotonou remain. For example, efforts are still underway to determine exactly which accessions are available in medium-term storage in Cotonou and in what seed quantities. One third of the collection is held in long-term storage at IITA for AfricaRice, free of charge up until now. The costs of this service, however, will be charged to Africa Rice from 2011. The rest of the collection continues to be processed for long-term storage and the cost for this is included in Section 4. Total annual recurring cost of maintaining existing accessions 201,147 211,205 Annual cost of acquiring 1% additional accessions (non-compounded) 14,858 14,858 Total annual capital costs 119,794 119,794