Research Networks

The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was established in 2009 to promote durable change at scale in South Asia’s cereal-based cropping systems. CSISA supports regional and national efforts to improve cereal production growth in South Asia’s Indo-Gangetic Plains, home to the region’s most important grain baskets.

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Future Earth.

The CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on rice agri-food systems (RICE, 2017-2022) is the second phase of the CRP on rice (2011-2016). While RICE continues to invest in its core strengths of genetic improvement and natural resources management, it will expand its scope to cover rice value chains from producer to consumer and diversified farming systems.

Closing rice yield gaps in Asia with reduced environmental footprints (CORIGAP) is a project implemented under the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC). The main objective of CORIGAP is to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systems.

The Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) was established in 1996 with the vision to enhance the effectiveness of the various partnership mechanisms between IRRI and its partners to meet the challenges of the global rice research system.

The Direct-Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), established in December 2017 and officially launched on 6th February 2018, is a multi-stakeholder research for development (R4D) platform with the overall goal of developing, refining, and catalyzing widespread adoption of improved mechanized and precise direct seeded rice practices through the public-private partnership.

The Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) was established at IRRI in 2008 with 39 public and private organizations. By Q1 2015, the HRDC has been expanded to 76 members. HRDC aims to strengthen the collaboration between the public and private sectors to enhance the dissemination of hybrid rice technology.

The International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER) is a global model for the exchange, evaluation, release, and use of genetic resources under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which uses the Standard Material Transfer Agreement to facilitate access and benefit sharing.

The Postharvest Learning Alliance (LA) is a multi-stakeholder network that identifies, shares, and adapts good practices to: (1)  strengthen capacities; (2) generate and document project outcomes; (3) identify research needs or areas for collaboration, and (4) inform public and private sector policy decisions.

The Climate Change Group addresses various aspects of adaptation and mitigation in rice production systems. Our activities cut across scales from field experiments – on the IRRI farm and farmers’ fields – to policy advice. Most of the climate change work is done under the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

Through collaboration and learning-based alliances, IRRI works with different institutions and communities around the globe in crafting practical solutions that will ensure a safe, sustainable, and resilient rice farming systems through efficient and sustainable rice straw management.

Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) started in late 2007 with IRRI, in collaboration with AfricaRice, to develop and deliver rice varieties tolerant of abiotic stresses to the millions of farmers in the unfavorable rice-growing environments.

The SIIL-Polder project aims to increase farm income and nutrition security by intensifying polder farming systems through implementation of sustainable and economically viable practices in the coaster areas of Bangladesh.

The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is a global alliance of agricultural research institutions, agri-food businesses, public sector and civil society organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IRRI.

The Temperate Rice Research Consortium (TRRC) recognized the need for a 'consortium approach' to solve issues on temperate rice improvement including both biotic and abiotic stresses, yield potential, grain quality and nutrition, and water and nutrient management.