RIU - Research Into Use
 
 
NERICA rice and other farmer produced quality seed
Work programme

Production of basic seed
  • Breeders seed sourced
  • Foundation seed grown
  • Nation seed certification monitoring
  • Harvest and process of foundation seed

Increase volume of seed production
  • Develop and print training materials
  • Establish key farmers group
  • Companies supervise and monitor
  • Seed produced
  • Seed processed and distributed

Raise awareness of the value of NERICA as a crop
  • Develop and distribute information material
  • Translate and distribute key materials
  • Prepare radio content
  • Air local radio programmes

RIU-backed rice projects share learning. March 2011 (15:42)   RIUtv
 
 
 
 
 
Funding provided by the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
The views expressed on this website are not necessarily those of DFID