Stress-tolerant rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) Phase 3

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

RESEARCH COVERAGE Multi-country

RESEARCH PERIOD April 2014 - March 2019

RESEARCH SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 AfricaRice
2 IRRI
3 BMGF

Research scheme and budget (USD)

Research budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 444,444.00 100 444,444.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 444,444.00 - 444,444.00
Multi-country Total 8,000,000.00 100 8,000,000.00

Research Objectives

To develop and deliver rice varieties that are tolerant to abiotic stresses for the millions of farmers in rainfed rice-growing environments in Asia and Africa

Research Outputs

Breeding

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

Major research findings

More than 150 climate-smart rice varieties that are tolerant to flood, drought, and salinity, including multiple tolerance in a variety, were released in various countries in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa.