On 12th July, 2022, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Department of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare & IRRI on commencement of Phase -2 activities of IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) to scale up the existing partnership for food and nutrition security in the South Asian region.
Objectives: Development, dissemination, and popularization bio-fortified rice; supporting national and regional rice breeding programs; promotion of climate-smart varieties.
Impacts/Significance: Increase farmers’ incomes; improve food and nutrition security; health, and well-being of small/holder farmers through increased system productivity, reduced yield gaps, enhanced climate resilience; mechanized and digital farming; improve market linkages; and modernized value chains enabling entrepreneurship for women and youth and capacity development.
