One of the objectives of the training course is the experience and the understanding of how to structure effective international collaboration in rice science. The participants were divided into five working groups which maximized their diversity in terms of discipline, age, gender and country. Each group was tasked to design and draft a project proposal and to present that proposal at the end of the course. The five project themes that were developed and presented by the participants are as follows:
- Burundi Rice: Increasing productivity through integrated nutrient and water management in Burundi;
- SSTRB: Salt and Submergence Tolerant Rice for Bangladesh;
- Varietal Selection and Adoption of Rice Germplasm for the Philippine Lowlands;
- Enhancing markets using the value chain for improved quality (Decreasing post harvest loss through hermetic storage;
- Implementing sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) to prevent rice insect pest outbreaks in Tanzania.
The Rice Research to Production Course was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States, George Liang (Philanthropist), the GATSBY Charitable Foundation, the ATSE Crawford Fund, Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural Research (Philippines) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through sponsorship from specific on-going projects and partnerships.
2011 RICE RESEARCH TO PRODUCTION PARTICIPANTS
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BANGLADESH
Shahana Parveen
BRAZIL
Thais Fernanda Stella de Freitas
BURUNDI
Georges Habarugira
CHINA
Muhua Wang
Xiaojia Yin
GERMANY
Britta Maren Charlotte Kuempers
INDIA
Pratyush Ranjan Singh
MOZAMBIQUE
Maria Natalia Tesinde
NEW ZEALAND
Anna Ava Rathe
PHILIPPINES
Vicky T. Dimaano
Jedeliza B. Ferrater
Charizabel T. Fortunado
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Ian Chen Leo
SRI LANKA
Nadeeka Subhashini Somarathna
TANZANIA
Raheli Elibariki
UGANDA
Gerald Kyalo
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bryce D. Blackman
Joshua Nathaniel Cobb
George (Trey) Sherrod Cutts
Emily Elizabeth Helliwell
Maryse Emilie Holly
Katie Elizabeth Hyma
Zachary Raymond King
Gregory Brian Matthews
Lawton Lanier Nalley
Lindsay Renee Triplett
VIETNAM
Dang Minh Tam |
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