2011 GRMGCP’s mission is using genetic diversity and advanced plant science to improve crops by adding value to breeding for drought-prone and harsh environments. This is achieved through a network of more than 200 partners drawn from CGIAR Centres, academia, regional and national research programmes, and capacity enhancement to assist developing-world researchers to access technologies and to tap into a broader and richer pool of plant genetic diversity.http://generationcp.org/2011-general-research-meeting/33-research/rice2019-06-25T09:16:14-05:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementRice Challenge Initiative workshop2014-05-07T17:05:25-05:002014-05-07T17:05:25-05:00http://generationcp.org/2011-general-research-meeting/33-research/rice/837-rice-challenge-initiative-workshopSandra MoralesS.Morales@cgiar.org<div class="feed-description"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">24-26 June 2009</span></b><span style="color: black;"><br /> Contact: <span style="color: #000000;">Marie Noelle Ndjiondjop</span></span></span></p>
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<p><strong><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1752&Itemid=115">List of participants</a></strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Day One</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1760&Itemid=115">Generation Challenge Programme pre-breeding of genetic stocks of rice adapted to drought-Conditions for West Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1761&Itemid=115">Establishment of drought phenotyping network for rainfed lowland rice in SSA</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1762&Itemid=115">Molecular breeding for rice adaptation to variable soil water status of rainfed lowland rice growing areas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1756&Itemid=115">Phenotyping methods for drought resistance</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1757&Itemid=115">Molecular breeding in the private sector</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1758&Itemid=115">Rice breeding activities for lowland ecosystem at WARDA</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1759&Itemid=115">Rice breeding activities and research facilities at Ebonyi State University in Nigeria</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1770&Itemid=115">National research facilities in Nigeria for lowland rice improvement</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1755&Itemid=115">Les activités de sélection et mise en place d’un système de production de semences de riz au Burkina Faso</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1771&Itemid=115">Les capacites de recherche au Burkina Faso</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Day Two</strong></p>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1765&Itemid=115">Establishment of drought phenotyping network for rainfed lowland rice in SSA</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1764&Itemid=115">Designing lowland rice in SS Africa: What have been done and lessons learned</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1767&Itemid=115">Drought-tolerant rice for Africa (Synthesis of day one and next steps)</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1766&Itemid=115">Questions for Break-out 1</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1772&Itemid=115">Aperçu sur les capacités de recherche au Mali dans le domaine de la riziculture</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1763&Itemid=115">Activités de recherche menées a l’Institut d’Economie Rurale au Mali pour l’amélioration du riz de bas-fond</a></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1768&Itemid=115">Group 1: Characterisation</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1769&Itemid=115">Group 2: Germplasm and MARS logistics</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1766&Itemid=115">Questions for Break-out 1</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> </p></div><div class="feed-description"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">24-26 June 2009</span></b><span style="color: black;"><br /> Contact: <span style="color: #000000;">Marie Noelle Ndjiondjop</span></span></span></p>
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<p><strong><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1752&Itemid=115">List of participants</a></strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1760&Itemid=115">Generation Challenge Programme pre-breeding of genetic stocks of rice adapted to drought-Conditions for West Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1761&Itemid=115">Establishment of drought phenotyping network for rainfed lowland rice in SSA</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1762&Itemid=115">Molecular breeding for rice adaptation to variable soil water status of rainfed lowland rice growing areas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1756&Itemid=115">Phenotyping methods for drought resistance</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1757&Itemid=115">Molecular breeding in the private sector</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1758&Itemid=115">Rice breeding activities for lowland ecosystem at WARDA</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1759&Itemid=115">Rice breeding activities and research facilities at Ebonyi State University in Nigeria</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1770&Itemid=115">National research facilities in Nigeria for lowland rice improvement</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1755&Itemid=115">Les activités de sélection et mise en place d’un système de production de semences de riz au Burkina Faso</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1771&Itemid=115">Les capacites de recherche au Burkina Faso</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1765&Itemid=115">Establishment of drought phenotyping network for rainfed lowland rice in SSA</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1764&Itemid=115">Designing lowland rice in SS Africa: What have been done and lessons learned</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1767&Itemid=115">Drought-tolerant rice for Africa (Synthesis of day one and next steps)</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1766&Itemid=115">Questions for Break-out 1</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1772&Itemid=115">Aperçu sur les capacités de recherche au Mali dans le domaine de la riziculture</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1763&Itemid=115">Activités de recherche menées a l’Institut d’Economie Rurale au Mali pour l’amélioration du riz de bas-fond</a></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1768&Itemid=115">Group 1: Characterisation</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1769&Itemid=115">Group 2: Germplasm and MARS logistics</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1766&Itemid=115">Questions for Break-out 1</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> </p></div>Rice Challenge Initiative Launch Meeting2014-05-06T16:19:48-05:002014-05-06T16:19:48-05:00http://generationcp.org/2011-general-research-meeting/33-research/rice/835-rice-challenge-initiative-launch-meetingSandra MoralesS.Morales@cgiar.org<div class="feed-description"><p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #6b8e23;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Montpellier, France</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 13-15 April 2010</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Presentations</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 1. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1736&Itemid=115">Welcome from GCP</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (G McLaren)<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> Session 1: Overview and Project Management<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1737&Itemid=115">Objectives of the meeting</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)<br /> 3. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1738&Itemid=115">Project Outline</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (N Ahmadi)<br /> 4. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1739&Itemid=115">Project Management</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 2: Review of Work Package 1 (TPE, ideotypes)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 5. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1751&Itemid=115">Rice Challenge Initiative: Work Package 1</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (P Kiepe) <br /> 6.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1740&Itemid=115"> Specifics of Work Package 1: Proposed activities for Modelling and Ideotype Development</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (M Dingkuhn)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 3: Review of Work Package 2 (Phenotyping)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 7. General concept of drought tolerance testing in maize (H Campos) - presentation not shareable<br /> 8. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1741&Itemid=115">Drought-resistant rice for Africa Challenge Initiative</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (A Audebert)<br /> 9. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1742&Itemid=115">Overview of phenotyping activities</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (K Futakuchi)<br /> 10. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1743&Itemid=115">Phenotyping for yield potential and drought tolerance</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (M Sie)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 4: Review of Work Package 3 (MARS)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 11. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1744&Itemid=115">Marker-Assisted Recurrent Selection</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (X Delannay)<br /> 12. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1745&Itemid=115">Germplasm/Population development/Germplasm logistic</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 5: Review of Work Package 5 (Information management)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 13. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1746&Itemid=115">Data Management Strategy</a> (I Dieng)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 6: Review of Work Package 4 (Capacity building)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 14. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1747&Itemid=115">Overview of work package 4</a> (A Efisue)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 7 Product delivery</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 15. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1748&Itemid=115">Product Delivery Planning</a> (L Butler)</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Presentations</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 1. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1736&Itemid=115">Welcome from GCP</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (G McLaren)<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> Session 1: Overview and Project Management<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1737&Itemid=115">Objectives of the meeting</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)<br /> 3. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1738&Itemid=115">Project Outline</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (N Ahmadi)<br /> 4. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1739&Itemid=115">Project Management</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 2: Review of Work Package 1 (TPE, ideotypes)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 5. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1751&Itemid=115">Rice Challenge Initiative: Work Package 1</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (P Kiepe) <br /> 6.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1740&Itemid=115"> Specifics of Work Package 1: Proposed activities for Modelling and Ideotype Development</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (M Dingkuhn)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 3: Review of Work Package 2 (Phenotyping)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 7. General concept of drought tolerance testing in maize (H Campos) - presentation not shareable<br /> 8. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1741&Itemid=115">Drought-resistant rice for Africa Challenge Initiative</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (A Audebert)<br /> 9. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1742&Itemid=115">Overview of phenotyping activities</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (K Futakuchi)<br /> 10. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1743&Itemid=115">Phenotyping for yield potential and drought tolerance</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (M Sie)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 4: Review of Work Package 3 (MARS)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 11. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1744&Itemid=115">Marker-Assisted Recurrent Selection</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (X Delannay)<br /> 12. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1745&Itemid=115">Germplasm/Population development/Germplasm logistic</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (MN Ndjiondjop)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 5: Review of Work Package 5 (Information management)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 13. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1746&Itemid=115">Data Management Strategy</a> (I Dieng)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 6: Review of Work Package 4 (Capacity building)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 14. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1747&Itemid=115">Overview of work package 4</a> (A Efisue)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Session 7 Product delivery</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br /> 15. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1748&Itemid=115">Product Delivery Planning</a> (L Butler)</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 120px;"><a href="#top"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Back to top<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></span></span></a></p></div>Rice InfoCentre2011-06-04T16:21:48-05:002011-06-04T16:21:48-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-infocentreAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h3> Publications, products, videos, blogposts ...</h3>
<p><img src="images/crop-artwork/rice-circle-web.jpg" alt="rice-circle-web" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; float: right;" height="150" width="150" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Annual reports: <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/2013%20AR%20WEB/RICE/ar2013riceweb/index.html">2013 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2148&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2013 – download PDF (<span class="small">555.56 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/Rice%20AR%202012/ricear2012/index.html">2012 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2161&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2012 – download PDF (<span class="small">309.44 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_self" href="communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">previous years</a></li>
<li>Open-access book chapter in e-book format: <a href="onlinepubls/frontiers_chapters/RiceFischer/ricefischer/index.html" target="_blank">2012 edition</a> | <a href="onlinepubls/chapterii11/index.html" target="_blank">2011 edition</a></li>
<li>View the products we have for <a href="products-rice">rice</a></li>
<li>Our rice work on multimedia: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qCTCRACWIqXaHMVJOPYReOgl_UVNv2C" target="_blank">Videos </a>(including <a href="http://youtu.be/6o_uMAwzcTQ" target="_blank">BBC</a>)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qCTCRACWIqXaHMVJOPYReOgl_UVNv2C" target="_blank"> </a>| <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/rice-2/" target="_blank">Blogposts</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/GCProgramme/tag/rice" target="_blank">Slides </a>| <a href="http://www.podomatic.com/playlist/generationcp/809046" target="_blank">Podcasts</a> | <a href="/communications/media/press-releases/rooting-and-shooting-for-rice-getting-to-the-root-of-the-matter-to-increase-production">Press release</a> (improving phosphorus uptake)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Podcasts</h3>
<p>In these two podcasts, Matthias Wissuwa (now with JIRCAS) talks about the multi-partner research in phosphorus uptake for rice (<em>Pup1</em> project) from its roots, to the present and the future.</p>
<p> <iframe height="85" width="440" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://gcprogramme.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-12-19T16_44_31-08_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fgcprogramme.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-12-19T16_44_31-08_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26width%3D440%26height%3D85%26objembed%3D0"></iframe> <iframe height="85" width="440" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://gcprogramme.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-12-19T16_52_29-08_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fgcprogramme.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-12-19T16_52_29-08_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26width%3D440%26height%3D85%26objembed%3D0"></iframe> </p>
<h3><strong>News</strong></h3>
<p><a href="/news-a-updates/74-2010/262-more-cis-launched">2010 – Project launch</a> | <a href="/news-a-updates/74-2010/284-collaborators-join-forces-for-gcps-rice-ci-launch-meeting">2009 – Preparations for project launch</a></p>
<h3><strong>Via our Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP)...</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Rice <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/406/communities/communities/facts-figures/rice-facts-figures">facts and figures</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Join the rice research <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/151/communities/communities/rice">community of practice</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Rice <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/139/communities/genomics-crop-info/crop-information/rice">information and genomics</a> (IBP website<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/crop-information/rice">)</a></li>
</ul></div><div class="feed-description"><h3> Publications, products, videos, blogposts ...</h3>
<p><img src="images/crop-artwork/rice-circle-web.jpg" alt="rice-circle-web" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; float: right;" height="150" width="150" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Annual reports: <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/2013%20AR%20WEB/RICE/ar2013riceweb/index.html">2013 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2148&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2013 – download PDF (<span class="small">555.56 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_blank" href="onlinepubls/Rice%20AR%202012/ricear2012/index.html">2012 – read online</a> | <a class="doclink" href="index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2161&Itemid=115"><img src="/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /> 2012 – download PDF (<span class="small">309.44 kB</span>)</a> | <a target="_self" href="communications/programme-publications/annual-reports-and-workplans">previous years</a></li>
<li>Open-access book chapter in e-book format: <a href="onlinepubls/frontiers_chapters/RiceFischer/ricefischer/index.html" target="_blank">2012 edition</a> | <a href="onlinepubls/chapterii11/index.html" target="_blank">2011 edition</a></li>
<li>View the products we have for <a href="products-rice">rice</a></li>
<li>Our rice work on multimedia: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qCTCRACWIqXaHMVJOPYReOgl_UVNv2C" target="_blank">Videos </a>(including <a href="http://youtu.be/6o_uMAwzcTQ" target="_blank">BBC</a>)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qCTCRACWIqXaHMVJOPYReOgl_UVNv2C" target="_blank"> </a>| <a href="http://blog.generationcp.org/category/rice-2/" target="_blank">Blogposts</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/GCProgramme/tag/rice" target="_blank">Slides </a>| <a href="http://www.podomatic.com/playlist/generationcp/809046" target="_blank">Podcasts</a> | <a href="/communications/media/press-releases/rooting-and-shooting-for-rice-getting-to-the-root-of-the-matter-to-increase-production">Press release</a> (improving phosphorus uptake)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Podcasts</h3>
<p>In these two podcasts, Matthias Wissuwa (now with JIRCAS) talks about the multi-partner research in phosphorus uptake for rice (<em>Pup1</em> project) from its roots, to the present and the future.</p>
<p> <iframe height="85" width="440" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://gcprogramme.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-12-19T16_44_31-08_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fgcprogramme.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-12-19T16_44_31-08_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26width%3D440%26height%3D85%26objembed%3D0"></iframe> <iframe height="85" width="440" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://gcprogramme.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-12-19T16_52_29-08_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fgcprogramme.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-12-19T16_52_29-08_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26width%3D440%26height%3D85%26objembed%3D0"></iframe> </p>
<h3><strong>News</strong></h3>
<p><a href="/news-a-updates/74-2010/262-more-cis-launched">2010 – Project launch</a> | <a href="/news-a-updates/74-2010/284-collaborators-join-forces-for-gcps-rice-ci-launch-meeting">2009 – Preparations for project launch</a></p>
<h3><strong>Via our Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP)...</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Rice <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/406/communities/communities/facts-figures/rice-facts-figures">facts and figures</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Join the rice research <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/151/communities/communities/rice">community of practice</a> (IBP website)</li>
<li>Rice <a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/139/communities/genomics-crop-info/crop-information/rice">information and genomics</a> (IBP website<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/crop-information/rice">)</a></li>
</ul></div>Rice - Capacity Building2011-06-04T16:21:28-05:002011-06-04T16:21:28-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-capacity-buildingAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Human resource development</h1>
<p>Three PhD students (one each from Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria) will be supported by the project.</p>
<p>Two other students – from Burkina Faso (Mr Kam Honore) and from Nigeria (Miss Uzoma Chizoba) – have received grants from GCP for their training. Kam Honore was already engaged in PhD study at University of KwaZulu Natal when he received a six-month fellowship from GCP to perform one aspect of his PhD research project related to the characterisation of the Burkina Faso rice collection using microsatellite markers. It is anticipated that he will be recruited by as a rice scientist in his country when his PhD research is completed. Uzoma Chizoba received a scholarship from GCP to enroll for a 5-year PhD in rice breeding at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI). After her coursework in Ghana, she will carry out a three-year research project on rice with the rice Research Initiative. She will contribute to the breeding programme of the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) in Nigeria</p>
<p>In addition to this individual support, group training will be conducted by AfricaRice through the Integrated Breeding Platform.</p>
<h1>Infrastructure</h1>
<p>Phenotyping: Facilities for yield and yield components will be developed in each target country (Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria), and at the AfricaRice research station near Cotonou. Facility for secondary traits and new tools and methods for drought tolerance will be first developed at AfricaRice; development in the three partner countries will be considered during the mid-term review of the project, on the basis of the preliminary evaluation of the outcome of the facility at AfricaRice, of the methodological adjustments needed, and of the ability of the country partners to sustainably run this considerably complex facility.</p>
<br /></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Human resource development</h1>
<p>Three PhD students (one each from Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria) will be supported by the project.</p>
<p>Two other students – from Burkina Faso (Mr Kam Honore) and from Nigeria (Miss Uzoma Chizoba) – have received grants from GCP for their training. Kam Honore was already engaged in PhD study at University of KwaZulu Natal when he received a six-month fellowship from GCP to perform one aspect of his PhD research project related to the characterisation of the Burkina Faso rice collection using microsatellite markers. It is anticipated that he will be recruited by as a rice scientist in his country when his PhD research is completed. Uzoma Chizoba received a scholarship from GCP to enroll for a 5-year PhD in rice breeding at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI). After her coursework in Ghana, she will carry out a three-year research project on rice with the rice Research Initiative. She will contribute to the breeding programme of the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) in Nigeria</p>
<p>In addition to this individual support, group training will be conducted by AfricaRice through the Integrated Breeding Platform.</p>
<h1>Infrastructure</h1>
<p>Phenotyping: Facilities for yield and yield components will be developed in each target country (Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria), and at the AfricaRice research station near Cotonou. Facility for secondary traits and new tools and methods for drought tolerance will be first developed at AfricaRice; development in the three partner countries will be considered during the mid-term review of the project, on the basis of the preliminary evaluation of the outcome of the facility at AfricaRice, of the methodological adjustments needed, and of the ability of the country partners to sustainably run this considerably complex facility.</p>
<br /></div>Rice - Rice CoP2011-06-04T16:21:15-05:002011-06-04T16:21:15-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-copAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Rice drought molecular biology and breeding community of practice for West Africa (Work Package 4)</h1>
<p>A community of practice (CoP) on rice breeding will be established to build up the capacity of and relationship between players within and around the project. Activities will include information and technology exchange between country partners, and facilitating links with related projects as well as relevant varietal evaluation and release systems.</p>
<p>Meantime, an online rice CoP is hosted on the<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/community/rice"> IBP website</a>.</p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Rice drought molecular biology and breeding community of practice for West Africa (Work Package 4)</h1>
<p>A community of practice (CoP) on rice breeding will be established to build up the capacity of and relationship between players within and around the project. Activities will include information and technology exchange between country partners, and facilitating links with related projects as well as relevant varietal evaluation and release systems.</p>
<p>Meantime, an online rice CoP is hosted on the<a target="_blank" href="https://www.integratedbreeding.net/community/rice"> IBP website</a>.</p></div>Rice – MARS for Improved Lines2011-06-04T16:20:39-05:002011-06-04T16:20:39-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-mars-for-improved-linesAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Developing improved lines combining favorable QTL alleles for drought adaptation and productivity for target environments in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria (Work package 3)</h1>
<p>The main objectives of this work package are the development of MARS populations, QTL mapping for yield potential and drought tolerance, and marker-assisted recurrent selection.</p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Developing improved lines combining favorable QTL alleles for drought adaptation and productivity for target environments in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria (Work package 3)</h1>
<p>The main objectives of this work package are the development of MARS populations, QTL mapping for yield potential and drought tolerance, and marker-assisted recurrent selection.</p></div>Rice - Phenotyping2011-06-04T16:20:23-05:002011-06-04T16:20:23-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-phenotypingAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Phenotyping for yield potential and drought tolerance (Work package 2)</h1>
<p>This work package has two objectives: developing phenotyping facilities and then phenotyping MARS populations and genetic stocks developed during GCP Phase I for yield potential and for drought tolerance.</p>
<p>The phenotyping process will consist of three components, each performed under specific experimental conditions:</p>
<ol>
<li>Yield and yield components under favourable water conditions, measured at the field level during the rainy season (alpha lattice design with two replications);</li>
<li>Yield and yield components under drought stress, measured in a dry-down experiment conducted at the field level during the dry season (alpha lattice design with two reps);</li>
<li>Yield, yield components, secondary traits and new tools and methods for drought tolerance, measured in a dry-down experiment conducted under controlled conditions.</li>
</ol></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Phenotyping for yield potential and drought tolerance (Work package 2)</h1>
<p>This work package has two objectives: developing phenotyping facilities and then phenotyping MARS populations and genetic stocks developed during GCP Phase I for yield potential and for drought tolerance.</p>
<p>The phenotyping process will consist of three components, each performed under specific experimental conditions:</p>
<ol>
<li>Yield and yield components under favourable water conditions, measured at the field level during the rainy season (alpha lattice design with two replications);</li>
<li>Yield and yield components under drought stress, measured in a dry-down experiment conducted at the field level during the dry season (alpha lattice design with two reps);</li>
<li>Yield, yield components, secondary traits and new tools and methods for drought tolerance, measured in a dry-down experiment conducted under controlled conditions.</li>
</ol></div>Rice - Target Population of Environments2011-06-04T16:19:58-05:002011-06-04T16:19:58-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-target-population-of-environmentsAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><h1>Characterisation of the IV–TPE, establishment of drought evaluation sites and description of ideotypes fitting major sub-classes of TPE (Work package 1)</h1>
<p>The TPEs in inland valley lowlands will be characterized for drought occurrence and frequency. The project will focus on the <em>Sudanean</em> and <em>Guinean</em> savannah agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria. Drought profiles in lowlands will differ as a function of the order of inland valley (which could be 3 to 5 orders) and of the agroecological zone.</p>
<p>Farmer interviews will be conducted in upstream and downstream valleys in each agroecological zone to get a first understanding of the timing, severity and frequency of drought in these inland valley systems. Results of these surveys will be extrapolated using existing data on the extent of inland valley lowlands from the Inland Valley Consortium (IVC) in Burkina Faso. It is anticipated that estimates made for Burkina Faso will be valid for Mali. For Nigeria, aerial photography will be used to identify the extent of rainfed lowlands in the Badeggi or Kano region. The results will allow the identification of at least two key sites for drought evaluation in each of the three countries. Soil–water–crop interactions will be monitored at these sites and used to drive simulation modeling tools to get a more quantitative understanding of drought incidence and rice responses at the site, and to better characterise the rainfed lowland TPE in the three countries.</p></div><div class="feed-description"><h1>Characterisation of the IV–TPE, establishment of drought evaluation sites and description of ideotypes fitting major sub-classes of TPE (Work package 1)</h1>
<p>The TPEs in inland valley lowlands will be characterized for drought occurrence and frequency. The project will focus on the <em>Sudanean</em> and <em>Guinean</em> savannah agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria. Drought profiles in lowlands will differ as a function of the order of inland valley (which could be 3 to 5 orders) and of the agroecological zone.</p>
<p>Farmer interviews will be conducted in upstream and downstream valleys in each agroecological zone to get a first understanding of the timing, severity and frequency of drought in these inland valley systems. Results of these surveys will be extrapolated using existing data on the extent of inland valley lowlands from the Inland Valley Consortium (IVC) in Burkina Faso. It is anticipated that estimates made for Burkina Faso will be valid for Mali. For Nigeria, aerial photography will be used to identify the extent of rainfed lowlands in the Badeggi or Kano region. The results will allow the identification of at least two key sites for drought evaluation in each of the three countries. Soil–water–crop interactions will be monitored at these sites and used to drive simulation modeling tools to get a more quantitative understanding of drought incidence and rice responses at the site, and to better characterise the rainfed lowland TPE in the three countries.</p></div>Rice - Target Countries2011-06-04T16:19:40-05:002011-06-04T16:19:40-05:00http://generationcp.org/gcp-research/research-initiatives/rice/rice-target-countriesAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p> </p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Country</strong></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Partners</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><strong>Lead institute: Africa Rice Center</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Burkina Faso</td>
<td>Institut de l’environnement et des recherches agricoles (INERA)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mali</td>
<td>Institut d’économie rurale (IER)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nigeria</td>
<td>National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Collaborators</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Agropolis–Institut de recherche pour le développement, France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Agropolis–Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT; International Center for Tropical Agriculture)*</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p></div><div class="feed-description"><p> </p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Country</strong></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Partners</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><strong>Lead institute: Africa Rice Center</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Burkina Faso</td>
<td>Institut de l’environnement et des recherches agricoles (INERA)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mali</td>
<td>Institut d’économie rurale (IER)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nigeria</td>
<td>National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Collaborators</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Agropolis–Institut de recherche pour le développement, France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Agropolis–Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT; International Center for Tropical Agriculture)*</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p></div>R.I. - Rice2011-06-04T15:57:23-05:002011-06-04T15:57:23-05:00http://generationcp.org/2011-general-research-meeting/33-research/rice/143-ri-riceAdministratorbrandon@decise.ca<div class="feed-description"><p>R.I. - Rice</p></div><div class="feed-description"><p>R.I. - Rice</p></div>