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Program-Funded Research on Rice

Use of farmer participatory approaches to develop and disseminate new drought-tolerant rice varieties to poor farmers in eastern India, in collaboration with the Gramin Vikas Trust

Grantee: Birsa Agricultural University

 Principal Investigator: Dr. D. N. Singh

Country: India

Grant No 2005 FS 010 (2)

Amount: $116,287

Use of farmer participatory approaches to develop and disseminate new drought-tolerant rice varieties to poor farmers in eastern India, in collaboration with Birsa Agricultural University

Grantee: Gramin Vikas Trust

Principal Investigator: Virendra Kumar Vij

Country: India

Grant No. 2005 FS 011

Amount: $258,936

To elucidate the molecular genetic basis of drought tolerance in rice and to breed and distribute new drought-tolerant varieties of rice to both rainfed and poorly irrigated areas of China

Grantee: Huazhong Agricultural University

Principal Investigator: Qifa Zhang

Country: China

Grant No: 2004 FS 070

Amount: $512,000

Development and distribution of drought- tolerant rice varieties to farmers in eastern India through rice genetic improvement and farmer participatory selection techniques

Grantee: Indira Gandhi Agricultural University

Principal Investigator: M. Shrivastava

Country:  India

Grant No: 2004 FS 041

Amount: $217,140

Drought tolerance in rice utilizing DNA genetic markers to assist in breeding new rice varieties for the hill regions of northern Vietnam.

Grantee: Institute of Biotechnology, National center for Natural Science and Technology

Country: Hanoi, Vietnam

Grant No: 2004 FS 004

Amount: $36,462

Molecular genetic studies of drought tolerance in rice and training of postdoctoral fellows from India in both molecular marker technology and participatory varietal selection

Grantee: International Rice Institute

Country: Metro Manila, Philippines

Grant No: 2004 FS 031

Amount: $275,616

Enzymes and signal transduction proteins for a biotic stress tolerance in rice

Grantee: McGill University

Country: Montreal, Canada

Grant No: 2004 FS 035

Amount: $30,000

Participatory evaluation of upland rice varieties and determination of suitable crop management practices by Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute in Uganda

Grantee:  National Agricultural Research Organization

Principal Investigator: George Bigirwa

Country: Uganda

Grant No: 2004 FS 065

Amount: $118,650

Identification of the Rice Restorer of Fertility (RF) gene through candidate gene approach and transgenic complementation assay

Grantee: Philippine Rice Research Institute

Country: Maligaya, Philippines

Grant No: 2003 FS 114

Amount: $60,936

To raise public awareness about the future problems and the potential solutions related to water scarcity and rice production by shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center in china.

Grantee: Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Country: Shanghai, China

Grant No: 2004 FS 039

Amount: $20,000

Modifications and improvements of screening facilities in Shanghai and Hainan, China, leading to genetically improved drought-tolerant rice

Grantee: Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Principal Investigator: Lijun Luo

Country: China

Grant No: 2004 FS 071

Amount: $450,000

Use of farmer participatory approaches to develop and disseminate new drought-tolerant rice varieties to poor farmers in eastern India, in collaboration with Birsa Agricultural University

Grantee: University of Wales

Principal Investigator: Dr. Daljit Virk

Country: India

Grant No. 2005 FS 012

Amount: $159,706

Developing  more drought-tolerant varieties of rice for farmers in drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa through field and laboratory research

Grantee: WARDA-The Africa  Rice center

Country: Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire

Grant No: 2004 FS 010

Amount: $885,597

To improve stress tolerance in rice and other cereals through the genome-wide identification of rice promoters with desirable drought-inducible characteristics in collaboration with Peking University

Grantee: Yale University

Country: New Haven, Connecticut

Grant No: 2004 FS 005

Amount: $383,490

To continue to develop and deploy DNA molecular markers for breeding drought-tolerant rice for use by farmers in north and northeast Thailand

Grantee: National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

Country: Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

Grant No: 2003 FS 135

Amount: $89,600

Economic impacts of new rice varieties developed for northern India through the use of modern biotechnology tools

Grantee: Punjab Agricultural University

Principal Investigator: Joginder Singh

Country:  India

Grant No: 2004 FS 046

Amount: $13,910

To identify the specific genes in the rice and pearl millet that are induced when cereals are exposed to the water deficits or drought conditions in collaboration with the university of Georgia

Grantee: University of Hyderabad

Country: Hyderabad, India

Grant No: 2003 FS 132

Amount: $23,625