Thursday, October 9, 2014
IRRI News: Vietnam: CORIGAP team conducts workshop on environ...
IRRI News: Vietnam: CORIGAP team conducts workshop on environ...: The Closing rice yield gaps in Asia with reduced environmental footprints ( CORIGAP ) project conducted a workshop to discuss issues aro...
Thursday, September 18, 2014
IRRI News: Thailand: CORIGAP team conducts workshop on the en...
IRRI News: Thailand: CORIGAP team conducts workshop on the en...: The Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) project conducted a Participatory Impact Pathway Analy...
Monday, August 18, 2014
CORIGAP News: Learning cycles continue in Myanmar
CORIGAP News: Learning cycles continue in Myanmar: By Reianne Quilloy, Martin Gummert, and Rica Joy Flor Iterative learning cycles involving different stakeholders target learning not only ...
CORIGAP News: Postharvest activities to reduce losses ramp up in...
CORIGAP News: Postharvest activities to reduce losses ramp up in...: By Reianne Quilloy, Christopher Cabardo, and Rica Joy Flor Demonstrating a technology such as the solar bubble dryer requires a hands-on ...
Thursday, July 31, 2014
CORIGAP News: RIPPLE January-June 2014 now available
CORIGAP News: RIPPLE January-June 2014 now available: The 25th issue of the RIPPLE newsletter is out now! The January-June 2014 issue presents some highlights of the first year of the Closing ...
Sunday, June 15, 2014
IRRI-Bangladesh gets the ball rolling on new project for reducing postharvest losses
by Alfred Schmidley
IRRI-Bangladesh kicked off the Innovations Lab for Reduction of Postharvest Loss, a new project that aims to enhance food security in Bangladesh by reducing postharvest losses and recovering more rice from farmers’ harvests, at the BRAC Center in Dhaka on 3 June. The 5-year project is funded by USAID, under the Feed the Future initiative, and will be implemented by IRRI–Bangladesh with support from Kansas State University and the University of Illinois.
The event included learning activities in identifying postharvest needs for research and technologies. It also focused on improving the processing of both paddy and seed through multi-stakeholder partnerships, including farmers and women Self-Help Groups. Participating organizations included international NGOs, universities and government research institutions, community-based organizations, and other postharvest stakeholders. Dr. M.A. Sattar Mandal, former vice-chancellor and current professor at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Dr. Shahidur Rahman Bhuiyan, USAID senior agricultural and food policy advisor, and Dr. Paul Fox, IRRI representative for Bangladesh, were the featured speakers.
As part of its next step, Innovations Lab for Reduction of Postharvest Loss will engage local partner networks for assessing needs for training and piloting of awareness-raising of options that suit to local actors needs.
IRRI-Bangladesh kicked off the Innovations Lab for Reduction of Postharvest Loss, a new project that aims to enhance food security in Bangladesh by reducing postharvest losses and recovering more rice from farmers’ harvests, at the BRAC Center in Dhaka on 3 June. The 5-year project is funded by USAID, under the Feed the Future initiative, and will be implemented by IRRI–Bangladesh with support from Kansas State University and the University of Illinois.
The event included learning activities in identifying postharvest needs for research and technologies. It also focused on improving the processing of both paddy and seed through multi-stakeholder partnerships, including farmers and women Self-Help Groups. Participating organizations included international NGOs, universities and government research institutions, community-based organizations, and other postharvest stakeholders. Dr. M.A. Sattar Mandal, former vice-chancellor and current professor at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Dr. Shahidur Rahman Bhuiyan, USAID senior agricultural and food policy advisor, and Dr. Paul Fox, IRRI representative for Bangladesh, were the featured speakers.
As part of its next step, Innovations Lab for Reduction of Postharvest Loss will engage local partner networks for assessing needs for training and piloting of awareness-raising of options that suit to local actors needs.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Myanmar: Farmers learn to link with wholesale and export market
by Rica Joy Flor
A learning alliance (LA) meeting on linking with markets was conducted last May 2-3, 2014 in Yangon. About 25 alliance members, farmers, private sector, and NGO partners from Bogale and Maubin townships attended the event.
The participants visited a wholesale rice trading depot in Wadan and an export market in Bayint Naung area to interact with traders and learn about quality, varieties, logistics and pricing of grains. The group also interacted with members of Myanmar Rice and Paddy Traders’ Association (MRPTA) and township trade leaders to know more about trading practices. With the emphasis on producing good quality from good seeds, farmers met with staff of the Hmaw Bi Seed farm to know about available seeds and seed production.
Farmers learned about quality. U Kyaw Ei, a Bogale rice farmer, said that Bogale rice is priced the lowest of nine townships trading the same variety in Wadan. From milled rice samples of traders, he saw the low price has to do with low quality grains.
For Maubin and Bogale LA, the learning cycle on varieties and postharvest will continue for the monsoon season 2014.
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| Farmers from Bogale and Maubin asks some questions to the trader about the prices and the types of rice they sell |
The participants visited a wholesale rice trading depot in Wadan and an export market in Bayint Naung area to interact with traders and learn about quality, varieties, logistics and pricing of grains. The group also interacted with members of Myanmar Rice and Paddy Traders’ Association (MRPTA) and township trade leaders to know more about trading practices. With the emphasis on producing good quality from good seeds, farmers met with staff of the Hmaw Bi Seed farm to know about available seeds and seed production.
Farmers learned about quality. U Kyaw Ei, a Bogale rice farmer, said that Bogale rice is priced the lowest of nine townships trading the same variety in Wadan. From milled rice samples of traders, he saw the low price has to do with low quality grains.
For Maubin and Bogale LA, the learning cycle on varieties and postharvest will continue for the monsoon season 2014.
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