Rice research activities

Organization :

1. National Rice Research Program (NARC) – Hardinath , Dhanusha.
2. Agronomy Division , NARC
3. Agri-botany division , NARC
4. Gene Bank , NARC
5. Regional Agriculture Research Station , NARC
6. Agriculture Research Station , NARC
7. International Rice Research Program (IRRI) , Philipines.
8. International Maize and Wheat Improvement center (CIMMYT) , Mexico.
9. Pratical Action
10. CARITAS- Nepal
11. LIBIRD
12. CEAPRED
13. FORWARD

Area of Research

1. 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.

2. Crop management technologies.

• Development of improved rice production technologies.
• Onstation and onfarm research on resource conservation technologies (RCTs) / conservation agriculture technologies.

3. Crop protection : IPM
4. Soil : INM
5. Seed production
6. 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.