CLOSING RICE YIELD GAPS IN ASIA WITH REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT (CORIGAP)

Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint or CORIGAP aims to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systems in China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.


Through best management practices, CORIGAP improved livelihoods for 0.5 million farm households.





Efficient use of water, pesticides, and nutrient efficiency led to better natural resource management and improved ecosystem services by 10% for 0.2 million people

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People's Republic of China
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia
Sri Lanka

Objectives

Generate evidence of increased farmer profitability through integrated and adaptive research on crop and natural resource management

Optimize integrated, environmentally sustainable rice production systems

Reduce rice yield gaps in lowland rice cropping systems by combining outputs from (1) and (2)

Involve the formal development of Learning Alliances (LA)

Goals

Sustainably increase rice yield in three major rice granaries by 10% in 2016

Sustainably increase rice yield by 10% and income by >20% in six granaries for 500,000 smallholder farmers by 2022

Farmers in CORIGAP countries continue to adopt CORIGAP technologies and best practices, and the impact is documented.

New Journal Articles

Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

Inclusiveness of consumer access to food safety: Evidence from certified rice in Vietnam

Data on consumers’ buying behavior towards certified rice in Vietnam

The spillover effect of direct competition between marketing cooperatives and private intermediaries: Evidence from Thai rice value chains

Reducing Pesticides and Increasing Crop Diversification Offer Ecological and Economic Benefits for Farmers—A Case Study in Cambodian Rice Fields

Rice Farming in Central Java, Indonesia—Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices, Impacts and Implications

Small mammal communities, associated damage to rice and damage prevention in smallholder rice storage facilities in Sri Lanka

Rodent management and cereal production in Asia: Balancing food security and conservation