Partnership For Sustainable Rice Systems Development In Sub-Saharan Africa

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

PROJECT COVERAGE Multi-country

PROJECT PERIOD February 2016 - December 2017

PROJECT SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 FAO
2 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Project scheme and budget (USD)

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

Project Objectives

To address efficient rice production systems

Project activities

Promotion of best practices

Business models along rice value chain

Exchange of technologies between countries

Awareness creation on post harvest handling

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