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Thelma Paris,1 Rita Afiavi Agboh-Noameshi,2
and Kamala Gurung1
1International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños,
Laguna, Philippines2Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin, Africa
GRiSPGRiSP’’s missions mission
To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human
health and nutrition, reduce the environmental
food print, and enhance ecosystem resilience of
rice production systems through high-quality
international rice research, partnership, and
leadership.
GRiSPGRiSP’’s key entry pointss key entry points
• Lifting the productivity and resource efficiency of
rice production systems to unprecedented levels.
• Providing both men and women farmers access to
technologies and associated knowledge and
involving them in innovation.
Gender strategy in GRiSPGender strategy in GRiSP
UN millennium goal declarationUN millennium goal declaration
Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger, and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable.
Six major rice research and development themesSix major rice research and development themes
Theme 1. Harnessing genetic diversity to chart
new productivity, quality, and health
horizon
Theme 2. Accelerating the development,
delivery, and adoption of
improved
rice varieties
Objective Theme Focus Approach
1. Conduct strategic research and rigorous
gender analysis that will identify gender-
equitable rice research for development
and extension programs and examine
gender differential social and economic
impact of technologies
Theme 5 Focus on joint research activity of global
concerns that affect the more vulnerable
groups, including women of the rice farming
population
Strategic research: “Changing climate,
livelihoods, food security and gender roles in
rice-based production systems”
Use of qualitative and quantitative method of data
collection. This is followed by training of women in seed
production.
2. Involve both men and women farmers in
the technology development and
dissemination process to enhance rice
productivity and incomes, and empower
women farmers
Themes
2, 3, 4
Theme 2: New and promising tolerant breeding
lines for stress-prone (drought, submergence,
salinity) environments in lowland and upland
areas through farmer participatory approaches
in collaboration with NARES, NGO and farmer
organizations
Preference analysis of elite lines/varieties included in
researcher-managed trials, sensory evaluation, and testing
of farmer-preferred lines/varieties in their fields will provide
important feedback from men and women farmers to
scientists and research managers.
Theme 3: Crop and resource management
technologies for rice production
Social scientists and biophysical scientists to examine
gender roles in crop and resource management and
adaptation strategies due to environmental and
agroclimatic changes.
Theme 4: Training for African women and
testing of prototypes of improved energy-
efficient parboilers
Participatory research to study the strategies to scale up
good practices related to parboiling (aimed at women
processors).
Theme 6: Men and women included in building
extension capacity with NARES partners
Training programs for rural women on farm management
and technical information and skills from production to post
harvest.
3. Build and enhance capacities of women
scientists engaged in rice R, D and E and
use innovative strategies to empower
grassroots women with technical
knowledge and skills as well as disseminate
technologies to other women
Themes
1 to 6
Enhancement of male and female scientists
(biophysical and social scientists) and
development and extension workers from
different institutions
Training on a) leadership for Asian and African women in
research, development, and extension; b) gender analysis
and its application in rice-based farming systems for both
male and female researchers and extension workers.
4. Develop monitoring and evaluation tools
for gender and equity
Product-specific measureable milestones to
form the basis for all monitoring and reporting
Reporting on progress by measurable indicators at the
product level and aggregated up to product lines and
GRiSP themes.
Theme 3. Ecological and sustainable
management of rice-based
production systems
Theme 4. Extracting more value from rice
harvests through improved
quality, processing , market
systems, and new products
Theme 5. Technology targeting and policy
(Socioeconomic and gender analysis
for technology evaluation)
Theme 6. Supporting the growth of the global
rice sector (Effective systems for
large-scale adoption of rice
technologies in Asia, Africa, and LAC)
Prepared by: Amelia Cueno
IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines