Project for Functional Enhancement of the National Rice Research and Training Centre (EthioRice)

Appropriate technologies identified by the National Rice Research and Training Center are disseminated to rice farmers in the country

COUNTRY/REC Ethiopia

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD November 2015 - November 2020

PROJECT SITE Addis Ababa

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
2 JICA 6,837,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 6,837,000.00 100 6,837,000.00
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 6,837,000.00 - 6,837,000.00
Project Goal

Appropriate technologies identified by the National Rice Research and Training Center are disseminated to rice farmers in the country

Project Objectives

Capacity of the National Rice Research and Training Centre is enhanced

Project activities

Development of pre- and post- harvest rice technologies

Training on pre- and post- harvest rice technologies

Information sharing

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