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Strategic and Priority Areas of Intervention

The following are the strategic thematic areas of intervention capable of delivering the network purpose. The themes and sub-themes have been ranked in order of priority

 

 

Themes/Sub-themes

Ranking

 

 

Theme

Sub-theme

1.

Increased production and productivity of rice-based production systems in the ECA

3

 

1.1

Demand-driven varieties developed and promoted

 

4

1.2

Improved soil and water management and rice-based cropping system options developed and promoted

 

1

1.3

Integrated weed, pest and disease management options developed and promoted

 

7

1.4

Appropriate mechanization technologies developed and promoted

 

3

2.

Improved harvest and post-harvest processing, quality and

value-addition

5

 

2.1

Appropriate harvesting, threshing, transportation, storage and milling technologies developed and promoted

 

6

2.2

Value-added rice-based products and by-products developed and promoted

 

12

2.3

Quality standard for rice, rice products and rice by-products established, harmonized and promoted

 

14

3.

Improved seed production and distribution systems

6

 

3.1

Capacity of informal seed production and distribution systems strengthened

 

5

3.2

Private and public seed industry linkages established and strengthened

 

12

4.

Advocacy for enabling policies and development of rice marketing systems

4

 

4.1

Rice market information systems developed and disseminated

 

9

4.2

Enabling rice policies and legislation advocated

 

10

5.

Enhanced information and knowledge sharing mechanisms

2

 

5.1

Effective information and technology exchange mechanisms developed and promoted

 

8

5.2

Enhanced ICT capacity developed and operationalised

 

15

6.

Human and institution capacity development

1

 

6.1

Human and physical capacity strengthened

 

2

6.2

Strategies for resource mobilization identified and operationalised

 

11

 

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