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Annual Report 2011
 
The Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), a research program of the CGIAR, represents for the first time ever a single strategic and work plan for global rice research and how it can con-tribute more effectively to solving development challenges. GRiSP was launched in November 2010. GRiSP brings together hundreds of scientists to embark on the most comprehensive at-tempt ever to deploy rice’s genetic diversity. Cutting-edge research aimed at discovering new rice genes and deciphering their functions is feeding into accelerated efforts to break the yield barrier in rice and to breed new generations of “climate-ready” rice with flooding tolerance and other traits that are essential for adapting production in the face of climate change. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading GRiSP and activities in Asia, with the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) leading work in Africa and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) leading work in Latin America and the Caribbean. Other interna-tional research organizations such as the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), L’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) are play-ing strategic roles in GRiSP and many more partnerships are being fostered.The responsibility for this publication rests solely with the Global Rice Science Partnership. 
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 Global Rice Science Partnership 2012 This Annual Report is copyrighted by GRiSP and is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (Unported). Unless otherwise noted, users are free to copy, duplicate, or reproduce and distribute, display, or transmit any of the articles and to make translations, adaptation, or other derivative works under specific conditions spelled out at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0. Mailing address: Dr. Achim Dobermann, GRiSP program director, c/o IRRI, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines Phone: +63 (2) 580-5600 Fax: +63 (2) 580-5699 Email: a.dobermann@irri.org Web site: www.grisp.net
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GRiSP (Global Rice Science Partnership). 2012. Annual Report 2011. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute.
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Contents
Rice breeding brings billions to Southeast Asia
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 The year of GRiSP by Achim DobermannPushing the hybrid rice envelope in the tropicsA growing season for teachersRice in iceThe genes that could beat the “AIDS of rice”Uprooting underground killersSmarter farming via text messagingRice with a “Latin flavor”Rice seeds making a difference in AfricaNetworking to "blast" rice blast from farmers’ fieldsRice for all seasonsThe future of rice scienceGRiSP events 2011GRiSP Governance and Management Teams
 
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A mini-combine forsub-Saharan AfricaA cure for rice market madness

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