Prodoc Trilateral Technical Cooperation Project: Support for Improving upland rice production in the interior of Suriname at the Share4Dev Knowledge Base on Sustainable Development

Type:	Working paper
Language	English
Year of publication:	2016
Target countries:	Suriname
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Summary

The project was signed in July 2015. The following activities already took place:
- Validate different Brazilian upland rice varieties in Suriname
-Evaluate the effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium fertilizers in Upland Rice, variety Topi Topi
- Results of the experiments are included in a final report
- Set up demonstration plots at Brokopondo Centre, Atjoni/Pokigron and Klaaskreek
- Directive Committee meeting, December 2016
- Conduct field visits for monitoring the planted areas whereby local communities have also helped with sowing and harvesting of the plots
- Conduct training course in Rice Management >> Set up new demonstration plots in the districts Brokopondo (Marshallkreek) and Marowijne (Papatam

Role	Organisation
Author Organisation	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
Funding Organisation	Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
Funding Organisation	Ministery of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
Network Organisation	Food & Nutrition Security-Suriname netwerk

List	Keywords
1.1 Socio- economic Sector (OECD)	311 Agriculture 430xx Climate Change Adaptation
1.3 Natural dimension	Genetic Resources
2.3 Commodity group	Food crops
2.4 Food Crops	Rice (Oryza)
2.5a Agro-Ecology: Thermal zone	1: Tropical