August 2007, Cotonou, Benin.
Africa Rice Center (WARDA), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) "propose the establishment of a sub-Saharan Africa Rice Consortium (SARC), which will consolidate the two existing regional rice networks – West and Central Africa Rice Research and Development Network (ROCARIZ) and the Eastern and Central Africa Rice Research Network (ECARRN). SARC will also embrace those other parts of SSA that are not covered by the existing regional rice networks."

The PDF document of the Joint Declaration is available here.