Annual Report 2013

Projects that started in 2013

INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR IMPACT
EVALUATION (3ie)
Impact and adopon of risk-reducing
drought tolerant rice in India (DRPC2012-
96), (03/15/2013-09/15/2015)
ATLAS FERTILIZER CORPORATION (AFC)
Development of a Ferlizer Guide for Rice
and Ferlizer Guide for Corn customized
for Atlas Ferlizer Corporaon in
the Philippines (DRPC2012-100),
11/10/2013-11/09/2016
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (BAR-DA)
PRISM: Philippine Rice Informaon
System Management An Operaonal
System for Rice Monitoring to Support
Decision Making Towards Increased
Rice Producon in the Philippines (Sub
Project 1) (DRPC2012-105), 10/01/2013-
09/30/2014
Rice Crop Manager: A Comprehensive
Decision Support Tool for Increasing
Yields and Income for Farmers in
the Philippines Year 1 (Sub Project
5) (DRPC2012-114), 04/01/2013-
03/31/2014
Benchmarking the Philippine Rice
Economy Relave to Major Rice
Producing Countries in Asia Year 1 (Sub
Project 6) (DRPC2012-133), 06/04/2013-
06/03/2014
Accelerang the Development and
Disseminaon of Associated Technologies
for direct-seeded rice in Irrigated and
Rainfed Ecosystems Year 1 (Sub Project
7) (DRPC2012-134), 04/01/2013-
03/31/2014
BIRSA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (BAU)
High Zinc rice for Eastern India (funded
by HarvestPlus) (DRPC2013-86),
11/15/2013-12/31/2015
BAYER CROPSCIENCE-GERMANY (BAYER)
Scienc Know-how and Exchange
Program (SKEP) Phase II (DRPC2012-118),
09/01/2013-08/31/2016
BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
(BMGF)
Regional Rice Monitoring Pilot for South
Asia (DRPC2013-101), 11/05/2013-
10/31/2014
Transforming Rice Breeding E ciency
(TRB): Revoluoning breeding
e ciency, accelerang genec gain, and
implemenng market-driven, product-
oriented variety development pipelines
(DRPC 2013-60), 10/18/2013-10/31/2018
BMT WBM PRIVATE LIMITED (BMT WBM)
Detailed Design of Terary Irrigaon
Facilies for Irrigaon Block CCRBD 3a,
3a1, CCRDB 10e, CCRBD (Consultancy
of Drs. Humphreys and Cabangon)
(DRPC2013-113), 08/26/2013-
10/07/2013
BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUR WIRTSHAFTLICHE
ZUSAMMENARBEIT UND ENTWICKLUNG (BMZ)
(GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT)
Increasing producvity of direct seeded
rice areas by incorporang genes for
tolerance to anaerobic condions during
germinaon (Large Grant) (DRPC2012-
18), 05/01/2013-04/30/2016
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Projects that started in 2013
Establishing a Knowledge Hub on GHG
Migaon in Rice Producon Systems
(DRPC2012-83), 05/01/2013-04/30/2014
Maintenance of the genec resources
collecon (Genebank) (DRPC2013-97),
01/01/2013-12/31/2013
CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES (CAAS)
Training Program for Chinese Young
Sciensts (DRPC2013-135), 09/24/2013-
12/31/2014
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURA
TROPICAL (CIAT)
Assignment of Mr. Michael Sheinkman
as Collaborave Research Scienst
(CRS) in Thailand for the purpose
of strengthening work under CCAFS
objecve 2.2 (DRPC2013-10),
01/15/2013-12/31/2013
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE MEJORAMIENTO
DE MAIZ Y TRIGO (CIMMYT)
Computer and mobile phone decision
support tools for increasing net income
of farmers in cereal systems in South
Asia (funded by BMGF) (DRPC2012-104),
08/01/2013-09/30/2015
Agricultural Innovaon Project Pakistan
(AIP) (funded by USAID) (DPPC2012-90),
03/08/2013-09/30/2014
CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE
DEVELOPPEMENT (CIRAD)
Gas exchange and biomass distribuon
of contrasted rice variees under high
night temperature in eld and growth
chamber condions (PhD student
Sebasan Peraudeau) (funded by Bayer)
(DRPC2013-41), 02/05/2013-08/04/3013
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF
THE UNITED NATIONS
Support to Regional Rice Strategy
through analysis of Demographic Change
and Gender Issues in rice farming and
post producon system (DRPC2013-94),
09/19/2013-11/30/2013
GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST (GCDT)
Exploraon, collecon, and conservaon
of rice landraces in Bangladesh
(DRPC2012-143), 07/01/2013-
06/30/2016
Regenintro: Introducon of accessions
from the regeneraon iniave into tne
internaonal rice collecon held by IRRI
(DRPC2013-59), 10/29/2013-10/28/2015
INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
(ICAR)
IRRI-INDIA: ICAR Collaboraon to IRRI
via W3 (DRPC2013-57), 04/01/2013-
03/31/2014
INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
FOR THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS (ICRISAT)
Improving Rural Livelihoods through
Innovave Scaling-up of Science-led
Parcipatory Research for Development
in Karnataka (funded by Government of
Karnataka) (DRPC2013-88), 04/01/2013-
03/31/2017
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
FUND LIMITED (IFS)
Educang the next generaon of rice
sciensts. Never an Empty Bowl: Securing
Asias Food Security (DRPC2012-145),
03/15/2013-03/14/2014
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, INC.
Tat Lan Rakhine Sustainable Livelihoods
and Food Security Program (DRPC2013-
121), 10/15/2013-02/14/2014
3 Annual Report 2013
Projects that started in 2013
INTERNATIONAL POTASH INSTITUTE (IPI)
Accelerang uptake of site-specic
nutrient management (SSNM) by Asian
cereal farmers through use of mobile
phones (DRPC2013-138), 12/01/2013-
03/31/2014
Evaluaon of improved nutrient
management deployed to farmers
through computer and mobile phone
applicaons of Nutrient Manager for
Rice in the Cauvery Delta, Tamil Nadu
(DRPC2013-63), 06/01/2013-05/30/2014
IRAN EMBASSY
Funding support to the operaons of IRRI
in Iran (DRPC2013-132), 07/24/2013-
07/23/2018
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRO-
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (NIAES)
Technology development for circulatory
food producon systems responsive
to climate change (Development of
migaon opon for greenhouse gases
emissions from agricultural lands in Asia
(funded by Japan-MAFF) (DRPC2013-43),
09/05/2013-02/28/2018
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Purchase of 384 PCR amplicaon
device (USD10K) for Climate Change
Adaptaon in Rainfed Rice Area (CCARA)
project (DRPC2013-116), 10/11/2013-
02/11/2014
Technology development for circulatory
food producon systems responsive to
climate change (Evaluaon of drought
tolerance of lowland rice transformed
with environmental stress tolerance
genes and selecon of elite lines) 2013
DREB (DRPC2013-13), 09/05/2013-
03/01/2014
Development for climate-ready rice
under Climate Change Adaptaon in
Rainfed Rice Area (CCARA) projects
(DRPC2013-139), 12/12/2013-
02/04/2014
Purchase of 384 PCR amplicaon device
for Climate Change Adaptaon in Rainfed
Rice Area (CCARA) project (DRPC2013-
140), 12/12/2013-02/12/2014
The response of early morning owering
QTL to light intensity and ming (JIRCAS
president incenve project 2013)
(DRPC2013-69), 10/01/2013-02/28/2014
LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (LBP)
Gawad Patnubay Gawad Pag-aaral
Tungo sa Maunlad na Bayan (Landbank
College Scholarship Program) (DRPC2012-
78), 04/23/2013-04/22/2014
NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
WonderRice Iniave for Food Security
and Health (WISH) (IRRI-Nagoya
University-JICA Joint Research Project,
Preparatory Phase II) (DRPC2012-02),
01/01/2013-03/31/2018
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (RDA)
Novel Trait Discoveries and Incorporaon
of Genes for Bacterial Leaf Blight, Brown
Planthopper, and Stripe Virus Resistance
into Korean Elite Culvars Using a
Genomics Strategy (DRPC2013-45),
06/01/2013-12/31/2015
Breeding for Tropical Japonica Rice
Variees Resistant to Rice Tungro
Bacciliform Virus and Rice Tungro
Spherical Virus by Marker-Aided Gene
Collecon (DRPC2013-54), 04/01/2013-
03/31/2014
Development of Abioc Tolerance
and Disease Resistant Temperate
Japonica Breeding Lines with Molecular
(DRPC2013-55), 04/01/2013-03/31/2014
4
Projects that started in 2013
Development of Chromosomal
Segment Substuon Lines (CSSLs) with
Jinmibyeo/O. rupogon (DRPC2013-56),
04/01/2013-03/31/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT CARRAGA (RFU-CAR)
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM) RFU-CAR
(DRPC2013-77), 07/01/2013-06/30/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT III (RFU-III)
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM) RFU-III
(DRPC2013-78), 08/01/2013-12/31/2013
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT IV-B (RFU-IVB)
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM)-RFU-IVB
(DRPC2013-79), 07/01/2013-06/30/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT V (RFU-V)
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM)-RFU-V (DRPC2013-
80), 07/01/2013-06/30/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT VI (RFU-VI)
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM)-RFU-VI
(DRPC2013-81), 08/01/2013-06/30/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT VII (RFU-VII
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management (PRISM)-RFU-VII
(DRPC2013-82), 07/01/2013-06/30/2014
REGIONAL FIELD UNIT VIII (RFU-VIII
Philippine Rice Informaon System
Management IPRISM)-RFU-VIII
(DRPC2013-83), 07/01/2013-12/31/2013
SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
COOPERATION (SDC)
CORIGAP: Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia-
Phase II (DRPC2012-13), 01/01/2013-
12/31/2016
SYNGENTA ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
Scienc Know-how and Exchange
Program (SKEP) Phase II (DPC2012-119),
02/18/2013-02/17/2019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
IRRI-Illinois Postharvest Loss Reducon
Iniave (DRPC2013-65), 07/01/2013-
09/01/2014
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Rice Straw Bioenergy Project (funded
by EPSRC) (SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub)
(DRPC2013-17), 09/01/2013-08/31/2016
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (USAID)
Project STRIVE (Stress Tolerant Rice i
Vulnerable Environments): Building
Resilience to Natural Disasters inBurma
through Stress Tolerant Rice Variees
(DRPC2013-46), 10/01/2013-03/31/2015
CGIAR Linkages with U.S. Universies and
other Partners (US University Linkage)
(DRPC2013-61), 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
VIETNAM MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT (VIETNAM-MARD)
Technical support for sustainable
rice producon program under
Agricultural Compeveness Project
(ACP) (DRPC2012-149), 03/26/2013-
12/31/2013