Capacity Building Project for Promotion Rice Production

The rice production is promoted in 6 States (Gezira, Sennar, Gedaref, White Nile, River Nile and Northern)

COUNTRY/REC Sudan

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2018 - January 2023

PROJECT SITE Gezira, Khartoum

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 MOAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forest)
2 ARC(Agricultural Research Corporation)
3 SMoA (State Ministry of Production and Economic Resources)/Gezira
4 SMoA (State Ministry of Production and Economic Resources)/Gezira and other Other 5 pilot States' Ministries of Production and Economic Resources
5 JICA 5,000,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 5,000,000.00 100 5,000,000.00
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 5,000,000.00 - 5,000,000.00
Project Goal

The rice production is promoted in 6 States (Gezira, Sennar, Gedaref, White Nile, River Nile and Northern)

Project Objectives

The institutional and technical capacity of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forests(MoAF), Agricultural Research Corporation headquarters(ARC HQ), and Center of Excellence located in Gezira State (CoE) for the implementation of rice promotion is improved.

Project activities

Establishment of coordination system of stakeholders in rice production

Production of foundation seed and certified seed at ARC

Establishment of supply system of certified seed

Baseline survey

Identifying issues of rice marketing based on trial sales of milled rice

Production of CS in 6 target states.

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 300
2 Extension workers 200
3 Decision maker 20
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system

Project challenges

Lack of effective weed control pesticides

Integrated agricultural techniques for rice are recommended according to Sudan's environment

Post-harvest and marketing system

Lack of effective weed control pesticides

Effect of Covid-19

Media

PHOTOS
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Contact (implementing agency)

CARD
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forests

Contact (implementing partner)

CARD