Extension Capacity Development for Rice Food Security in Africa (a JICA-IRRI-PhilRice Initiative)

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

RESEARCH COVERAGE Multi-country

RESEARCH PERIOD April 2016 - May 2019

RESEARCH SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 IRRI
2 JICA
3 PhilRice 0.00

Research scheme and budget (USD)

Research budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 114,818.00 100 114,818.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 114,818.00 - 114,818.00
Multi-country Total 2,526,000.00 100 2,526,000.00

Research Objectives

To boost food security in member countries of the Coalition of African Rice Development (CARD)

Research Outputs

Training

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