Improving farmer livelihoods in Asia: knowledge-intensive crop management for irrigated rice The Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) strives to ensure that Asian rice farmers benefit from technologies arising through research. The consortium aims to Strengthen national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES)-extension partnerships for technology development, validation, and promotion Strengthen capacity of NARES partners Develop improved approaches and technologies for more productive and sustainable production Disseminate promising production principles and technologies   Full story

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SDC funds Phase 4 of the IRRC The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) approved a credit proposal in October 2008 for funding Phase 4 of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC). Full story

IRRC prepares for Phase 4 with Research to Impact Workshop A successful sharing of cross-country learning among Asian countries was captured at the Research to Impact Workshop of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium on 23-24 September 2008. Full story

IRRI nominates the IRRC for the King Baudouin Award 2008 Because of a consistently impressive performance of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) over the past 4 years, it was recently nominated by the management of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for the 2008 CGIAR King Baudouin Award. Full story

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