Reiner WassmannInternational Rice Research Institute

(IRRI)

Reiner WassmannInternational Rice Research Institute

(IRRI)

Building Awareness through Education and Research: Rice and Climate Change

INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTELos Baños, Philippines

Mission:

Reduce poverty and hunger;

Improve the health of rice farmers and consumers;

Ensure environmental sustainability;

Capacity Building through research partnerships

Established in 1960

Key Questions for Building Awareness on Rice and Climate Change

1. Engagement of stakeholders (farmers)?

2. New tools for improving climate change response?

3. How to support national and regional (ASEAN) policies?

4. What can be offered to private sector?

Key Question #1:

How can we engage our stakeholders (farmers) in our research on climate-informed agriculture to ensure adoption of results?

Example:Participatory Approaches for identifying farmers’ preferences

Stakeholder EngagementApproach 1: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP)

Approach 2: Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Application: Water saving techniques

Application: Selection of rice variety

Involving all levels from• Individual farmers • Irrigators’ association /

Irrigation service cooperative• Local government units• Nat. Irrigation Admin. (NIA)• PhilRice

• Participatory definition of farmers’ preferences (men and women)

• On-site demonstration trials• Extension through farmer

field school, seminars and workshops, training of trainers

New Sub1 lines after 17 days submergence

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Improved variety ‘Submarino’ has been released in the Philippines

Participatory Varietal Selection

• Provides a venue for breeders and agronomists to learn which varieties perform well on-farm and are preferred by farmers

• Incorporates social, economic, and gender analyses in rice breeding

• Involves both men and women in the selection of new rice lines due to gender-differentiated roles and preferences

Key Question #2:

What kind of new tools we can offer to improve responses to climate change?

Example:Mobile Phone Apps

Provide management recommen-

dation

Mobile Phone App (and CD-ROM)

Rice Crop Manager• Nutrients• Field Preparation• Crop Establishm.• ….

Obtain site-specific information from farmer/ operator

New Modules• Carbon footprint

calculator• Climate-adjusted

yield targets

Climate-Informed Rice Crop and Low Emission Manager

=> CIRCLE Manager

Mobile Phone Application for Rice Crop Management

In cooperation with PhilRice

Controlled Irrigation Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Key Questions #3:

How can we support national and regional (ASEAN) policies by scientific information?

Example:Yield forecasts based on Remote Sensing

From National to Local Scale

Harvest

Grain filling

Flowering

Tillering

Water cover

Bare soil

PlantStages:

Crop Status in Leyte West

– on 30 Sept. 2012

In cooperation with PhilRice;maps provided by A. Nelson, IRRI

Policymakers of ASEAN and its member countries will be able to make informed decisions on: • agricultural policies -- including input subsidies, price

supports, technology dissemination campaigns; • domestic consumption / food security policies -

including food price subsidies and social safety nets, national procurement/stocks, market interventions;

• enhancing livelihood resilience to climate variability, shocks, and progressive Climate Change; and

• related policies such as mitigation programs

Policy Information and Response Platform on Climate Change and Rice in ASEAN and its Member Countries

(PIRCCA)

Key Question #4

How can we translate scientific information into practical applications of the private sector?

Example:New insurance products for quantifying crop losses

Crop Status in Leyte West – on 30 September 2012

Assessing Flood DamageREMOTE SENSING-BASED INFORMATION AND INSURANCE FOR CROPS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES

Harvest

Grain filling

Flowering

Tillering

Water cover

Bare soil

PlantStages:

Flood affected 60% of total

rice area

Flood damage?=> 45% of total rice area suffered yield losses (flooded at a sensitive plant stage)

IRRI’s Media Relations – Provide information for media and liaise with

media to set up interviews and visits– Media releases: writing and distribution (incl.

‘Rice Today’) – Maintain media contacts (eg. media events)– Promote coverage of rice research in social

networks