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== History ==
* '''1987''': CORAF/WECARD began as "the Conference of African and French leaders of agricultural research institutes (CORAF):" a group of 15 "francophone agricultural research institutions of West and Central Africa and Madagascar and their colleagues from French agricultural research institutions namely, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the Office de recherche scientifique et technique d’Outre-Mer (ORSTOM) now the Development Research Institute (IRD)"<ref>[http://www.coraf.org/English/About_us.html About Us], Accessed March 12, 2012.</ref>* '''1990''': The group moved its headquarters from Paris to Dakar, Senegal and it decided to open CORAF to research institutions of English- and Portuguese-speaking nations.
* '''1992''': A Conference of Ministers responsible for agricultural research in West and Central Africa recognized CORAF as a sub-regional organization and approved its Strategic Plan.
* '''1995''': "The research institutions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra-Leone, Cape-Verde and Guinea Bissau joined CORAF. Consequently, the institution became the Conference of Leaders of Agricultural Research in West and Central Africa."
