Driving Sustainable Rice Cultivation: Understanding the SRP Standard and Performance Indicators
Driving Sustainable Rice Cultivation: Understanding the SRP Standard and Performance Indicators
October 23 @ 8:00 am – October 27 @ 5:00 pm UTC+8
Application Link: https://bit.ly/3O0TOHg
Course Fee: TBA
The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) promotes resource-use efficiency and sustainability in the global rice sector to enable 1 million rice farmers to adopt climate-smart, sustainable best practices in rice production, boosting farm incomes and livelihoods and protecting our environment.
SRP aims to build an expert pool of SRP Authorized Training Providers (institutions), Trainers (individuals), and Auditors to deliver the most current and accurate know-how on the core SRP instruments to SRP Registered Projects, SRP Members, and other rice sector stakeholders – to help scale implementation globally and at high-quality.
This course, Driving Sustainable Rice Cultivation: Understanding the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard & Performance Indicators, is a three-day intensive skills course designed to help participants relate the benefits of sustainable rice farming to farmers; explain the SRP Standards on rice cultivation and the performance indicators; and conduct data collection and assessment among farmers to measure compliance to SRP performance indicators
Objectives
At the end of the training, the participants will:
- Understand the purpose of the SRP instruments: focus on the SRP Standard & Performance Indicators, how they are linked, and how they can be used together to drive sustainable rice cultivation; and
- Gain understanding of application of SRP Standard and Performance Indicators to meet targets of SRP outreach projects
Key Modules
- Introduction to Sustainable Rice
- SRP Standards: 1) Conceptual Framework of the Standard, 2) Understanding the 41 Requirements in the SRP Standard
- SRP Performance Indicators: 1) Conceptual Framework of the Standard 2) Understanding the 12 SRP Performance Indicators 3) Using the PIs for Measuring Impact
- Assurance Scheme
Certification
Successful participants from this training will be awarded the SRP Authorized Trainer certification
Course Duration/Format
Five (5) days; Face-to-Face training
Target Audience
Training-of-trainers style course for persons who will rain individuals or teams to implement farmer outreach and capacity building activities (e.g. public officials, development practitioners, private company representatives, NGOs, program managers, consultants, lead farmers, or related persons); prior experience as a trainer is highly recommended.
Note
The SRP course has been scheduled for the week following the conclusion of the 6th International Rice Congress, allowing international participants to plan out their travel for the IRC with their attendance at the training