Through a balanced mix of classroom lectures, group discussions, and hands-on field sessions, this course covers the basics of rice production, and aims to provide participants with an appreciation of the changes and challenges in the rice industry from production to market and knowledge on research issues of IRRI and its partners/collaborators, advancements in rice breeding, and structuring effective collaboration within the international research community. Additionally, the course will also cover issues related to germplasm exchange and property rights.
Objectives
By the end of the training course, the participants should be able to:
- Understand the basics of rice production
- Become familiar with the diversity among rice varieties
- Appreciate research and development issues related to food security
- Acquire hands-on skills relating to rice production and breeding
- Understand how to structure effective international collaborations.
Key Modules
- Rice production basics
- Rice pest and disease management
- Rice postharvest
- Rice research and development
- Rice breeding methodologies
- Farmer participatory research and technology transfer
- Effective ways to structure international collaboration
Target Audience
This course is aimed at early career researchers and undergraduate and graduate (MS and PhD) students.