Partnership For Sustainable Rice Systems Development In Sub-Saharan Africa

COUNTRY/REC Uganda

PROJECT COVERAGE Multi-country

PROJECT PERIOD February 2016 - July 2017

PROJECT SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 FAO
2 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
3 FAO
4 Government of Benin
5 Government of Cameroon
6 Government of Côte d’Ivoire
7 Government of Guinea
8 Government of Kenya
9 Government of Mali
10 Government of Nigeria
11 Government of Senegal
12 Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
13 Government of Uganda

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 555,556.00 100 555,556.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 555,556.00 - 555,556.00

Project Objectives

Promotion of best practices

Business models along the rice value chain

Awareness creation on post-harvest handling

In-country evaluation of the implementation of NRDS

Project Outputs

Efficient rice production systems for Africa supported through the promotion of adoption of best practices and upscaling of proven, tested technologies

Reduced post-harvest losses and improved grain quality

Irrigated and Integrated rice systems developed

Project activities

Promote the production and multiplication of improved rice seeds

Facilitate awareness creations and sensitization on the use of proven best practices and improved technologies.

Promote the development, adoption, and dissemination of improved rice varieties (New Rice for Africa [NERICA], Advanced Rice Varieties for Africa. (ARICA) and others) for rain-fed and irrigated rice production environments.

Promote appropriate threshing and milling technologies for quality rice grain, as well as a small-scale harvester, etc.

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