Green Super Rice project

The main goal is to develop and deploy new sets of rice cultivars that give high yields under less input environments (that is, water, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and pesticides) in an environment-friendly manner.

COUNTRY/REC Uganda

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2016 - December 2018

PROJECT SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 NaCRRI
2 IRRI
3 AfricaRice 40,000.00
4 CAAS
5 The Agricultural Research Systems in Africa and Asia

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 40,000.00 100 40,000.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 40,000.00 - 40,000.00
Project Goal

The main goal is to develop and deploy new sets of rice cultivars that give high yields under less input environments (that is, water, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and pesticides) in an environment-friendly manner.

Project Objectives

Development of Green Super Rice varieties with improved yield, stress tolerance, and quality

Dissemination of GSR varieties

New generation of NARES breeders will be trained in modern breeding technologies

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