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Projects |
Outputs |
Project
1:
Enhancing productivity and stability of upland rice-based systems
Project Leader: Dr Ousmane Youm |
- Improved lines and varieties with
higher and stable yield.
- Integrated management options for
pests and diseases.
- Profitable integrated soil
fertility management options.
- Determinants of adoption and impact
of improved technologies.
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Project
2:
Sustainable Intensification of Lowland Rice-based Systems
Project Leader: Dr Sie Moussa [interim] |
- Improved rice lines and varieties
with higher and stable yields.
- Sustainable integrated crop
management technology options.
- Profitable crop diversification
options.
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Project
3:
Enhancing the performance of irrigated rice-based systems in Africa
Project Leader: Dr Kouame Miezan |
- Socioeconomic and
agro-morphological profiles of irrigated rice-based systems in Africa.
- Rice integrated crop management
options for improved resource-use efficiency
- Natural resources management
options to mitigate degradation in irrigated rice-based systems.
- Improved lines and varieties for
use in irrigated rice-based systems in Africa
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Project
4:
Mitigating drought in rain-fed rice-based systems
Project Leader: Dr Howard Gridley |
- Improved lines and cultivars with
higher and stable yield
- Characterization of genes and
molecular markers for drought tolerance
- Integrated management options
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| Projects |
Outputs |
Project
5:
Rice policy and technology impact for food security and poverty reduction
Project Leader: Dr Patrick Kormawa |
- Database and tools for priority
setting and impact assessment.
- Rice policy options for promoting
competitive rice systems
- Improved post-harvest technologies
and competitive rice market
- Enhanced NARES capacity in policy
analysis and impact assessment
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Project
6:
Mitigating Human and Environmental Effects on Rice-based Livelihoods
Project Leader: Dr Shellemiah O Keya [interim] |
- Strategy for agriculture
reconstruction in post-conflict situation developed
- Options for mitigating
environmental shocks on rice-based livelihoods.
- Impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural
productivity and food security.
- Options for emergency seed delivery
and farmers' rice seed restoration
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Project
7:
The Consortium for the Sustainable Development of Inland Valley
Agro-ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa (IVC)
Project Leader: Dr Paul Kiepe |
- Capacity building of NARS and
strengthening collaboration NARS and ARIs
- Databases and decision support
tools for inland valley intensification
- Improved methodology for
participatory learning and action research for INRM in inland valleys
- Improved integrated land and water
management technologies for increased productivity
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Project
8:
Partnership through Networks
Project Leader: Dr Inoussa Akintayo |
African
Rice Initiative (ARI)
- Functional National Stakeholders’
platforms and National Coordination Units
- Seeds of adopted and /or released
NERICAs and sativas produced and distributed
- NARES Capacity building
- Complementary technologies
ROCARIZ: West and Central Africa Rice
Research Network
- Improved rice varieties and IPM
options
- Improved rice-based cropping
systems and water- use efficiency methods
- National Rice Stakeholders’
Platforms and policy dialogue
- Farmer Seed enterprises
- Enhanced NARES and Farmers capacity
and skills
East and Central African Rice Research
Network (ECSARRN)
- Improved upland and lowland
cultivars
- Capacity building
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