Accelerating the Genetic Gains in Rice

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

RESEARCH COVERAGE Multi-country

RESEARCH PERIOD October 2018 - October 2023

RESEARCH SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 IRRI
2 BMGF

Research scheme and budget (USD)

Research budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 6,998,000.00 100 6,998,000.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 6,998,000.00 - 6,998,000.00
Multi-country Total 34,990,000.00 100 34,990,000.00

Research Objectives

To create high-performing national agricultural research and extension systems breeding networks across Africa and South Asia, linked to the centralized breeding capacity at IRRI

Research Outputs

Unify and modernize existing rice breeding efforts in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the research

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