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
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
| SINGAPORE 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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