Rice research activities
Organization :
- National Rice Research Program (NARC) – Hardinath , Dhanusha.
- Agronomy Division , NARC
- Agri-botany division , NARC
- Gene Bank , NARC
- Regional Agriculture Research Station , NARC
- Agriculture Research Station , NARC
- International Rice Research Program (IRRI) , Philipines.
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement center (CIMMYT) , Mexico.
- Pratical Action
- CARITAS- Nepal
- LIBIRD
- CEAPRED
- FORWARD
Area of Research
- Rice Breeding : Development and evaluation of rice varieties.
- Suitable for different agro-ecological domains.
- Fine and aromatic rice.
- Hybrid rice.
- Submergence and drought tolerance rice genotypes.
- Bio-fortified rice genotypes.
- Crop management technologies.
- Development of improved rice production technologies.
- Onstation and onfarm research on resource conservation technologies (RCTs) / conservation agriculture technologies.
- Crop protection : IPM
- Soil : INM
- Seed production
- Out of reach program : Adaptive research projects :-
- Stress – tolerant rice for Africa and south Asia (STRASA)
- Cereal system initiative for south Asia (CSISA)
- Nepal seed and fertilizer project.
- Climate Smart Agriculture , Climate Smart Village – CCAFS , LIBIRD.