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Validation, testing of new tolerant rice varieties and appropriate management options; Technical innovation services/outscaling and upscaling technological innovations; Capacity enhancement and knowledge management.

The MSP aims for sustained dissemination to and widespread adoption of ricetechnologies by farmers by embracing a public-private partnership model that brings together various government and non-government organizations in the region representing the different sectors of the rice value chain.

143 participants from the villages of Gnngarampur, local government representatives, and staff members of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)-Khulna Hub attended a field day for participatory evaluation by farmers of salt-tolerant aman rice varieties at Khulna District (Banglades...

Seed producers’ groups in seven villages in Lamjung, Tanahun, and Gorkha districts were formed in 2012. Since then, the production of lowland rice seeds doubled and upland rice seeds more than tripled. The groups have also been a means for CURE to introduce new varieties to the communities throug...

The activity was attended by more than 100 farmers from Hardinath, Nepal; representatives from government organizations; and Forward, an NGO of Dhanusha District, Nepal. The field day provided farmers and scientists to interact at a gathering in NRRP after the field visits. A joint seed productio...

Strategy to improve the uptake of postharvest technologies through alliances that examine a range of technical, end-user learning, and market support needs in postharvest systems. Characterized by participatory 'learning-by-doing' approach that allows all stakeholders to identify particular sourc...

Three farmers field days conducted in 2011 at 3 project sites in Bangladesh. More than 100 farmers, government extension personnel, researchers, project staff, and visited sites that feature farmers’ participatory conservation agriculture (CA)-based unpuddled transplanted rice (UPTR), zero-tillag...

IRRI works towards farmer-to-farmer exchange in incorporating new production strategies. It highlights farmer participation in designing and running these programs. Having had successful projects in improved crop management in the region, CIAT, through the FLAR initiative, is an important partner...

15 participants were guided in developing a business case write-ups of data collected from participatory trials of IRRI Superbags as well as business plan for adopting improved storage and drying technologies. The farmers were assisted in using tools that quantify financial benefits to their own ...