The 11th CURE Review and Steering Committee (SC) Meeting was organized to share and discuss among member-nations the accomplishments, experiences, learning, and challenges of the previous year as well as the plans for the coming year. In the history of CURE’s being, this year stands witness to its ten years of existence as a premier network, dedicated to bringing solutions to low productivity in fragile rice environments. The meeting also sets a background for the mini-symposium, with the theme: “Last mile delivery of seeds and crop management through partnerships: improving food security and livelihoods.”
IMPORTANT: Below are topics presented during the meeting. To download a copy of the presentation, if available, click 'download'. To get a copy of the full program, click here.
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Participants to the field visit at the Prachinburi Rice Research Center (PRRC) in Thailand.
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| 25 April (Wednesday) |
Field Visit
Field Visit to Prachinburi Rice Research Center (PRRC) for submergence tolerant rice varieties research activities, and briefing on Thailand National Rice Program.
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| 26 April (Thursday) |
Inauguration Session, and Status/Synthesis Reports from Working Groups
Workgroup 1: Drought-prone lowlands (Download)
Workgroup 2: Submergence-prone lowlands (Download)
Workgroup 3: Salt-affected environments (Download)
Workgroup 4: Upland systems (Download | Videos: 1 2 3 4)
Workgroup on climate change: Climate change and land use in the Mekong Delta (Download)
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| 27 April (Friday) |
Mini Symposium 1: Extending Technology Options to Development Partners
Grant-investment projects partnerships in Nepal and India: The case of CURE-ICIMOD TIS
B Adhikari, Y Rambaran, RK Sarma, A Pattanayak, C Vera Cruz, D Manzanilla, S Haefele, D Johnson
IFAD grant and investment projects partnership in the Philippines, India, Vietnam and Indonesia
N Desamero, Z Zaini, LQ Doanh, NW Zaidi, C Vera Cruz, D Manzanilla, D Johnson
Lessons learned and innovations: what worked and did not work, and how to upscale innovations
Discussions: How can we enhance the linkages between grant activities and IFAD investment projects in different countries
Mini Symposium 2: Enhancing Access to Seeds and Adoption of Stress-tolerant varieties
Early spread of stress-tolerant varieties in partner countries and benefits to men and women farmers
D Manzanilla, K Douangsila, BB Adhikari, A Rahman
Seed multiplication and impact of stress-tolerant varieties in South Asia
U Singh, MH Dar, A Ismail
Scaling up CURE technologies and experiences through direct link with national program on rice: the case of the Philippines
J Lapitan, E Rasco
Bringing into fruition the community, formal and private initiatives in seed systems: the case of the Lao PDR
K Douangsila
Enhancing farmers' access to seeds of submergence-tolerant rice varieties in Indonesia
H Sembiring
Discussions and country brief sharing of upscaling and outscaling strategies
Comments and insights
G Castillo
CURE Steering Committee Meeting
CURE highlights in 2011 and comments/discussions on CURE progress
D Johnson, D Manzanilla
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