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Monty Jones was honored for his part in developing the “New Rice for Africa(NERICA)”.He developed NERICA while he was the head of the Upland Rice Breeding Program.At the time,the program was part of the West Africa Rice Development Agency in Ivory Coast. NERICA is a combination of Asian and traditional African kinds of rice.It resists5 insects and dry conditions and can produce up to fifty percent more rice.It also grows faster and contains more protein than rice native to West Africa.Monty Jones is now a top official of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa.