Poverty reduction through crop intensification in rice fallows (RRC) & New rice seed from client oriented breeding
- Starting Date:
- November 3, 2008
- Ending Date:
- March 31, 2010
- Location:
- Banke, Bara, Dhanusha, Kailali, Kaski, Morang, Rautahat, Rupandehi, Siraha
- Donor(s):
- Research into Use (RiU), funded by DFID (UK Government)
- Implementation Partner(s):
- Forum for Rural Welfare and Agricultural Reform for Development (FORWARD), Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)
Budget: 8297.7 GBP
The immediate objectives for ANSAB in this partnership are to:
- Design value chain studies for three commodities: rice, mungbean and lentil;
- Provide technical support to field team and submit a comprehensive report by analyzing the information collected from the field by June 2009, and
- Participate in review and planning meetings and contribute/share knowledge on value chain in second and third years.