Trainings
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GHG Emission in Rice System: Basic of Mechanisms and Standard for Measurements
Updated on 24 September 2024
In recent years, greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation has become a prominent global policy goal. In Southeast and South Asian regions, rice production is a major source of GHG called methane accounting for up to 20% of the national GHG inventories. Measurements of GHG emissions from rice production are key to guiding their strategies and monitoring their progress.
This training course will aim to build capacity in GHG monitoring in rice systems. It will cover the relevant issues around climate change, emphasizing measuring GHG emissions and mitigation practices in rice production.
Location: IRRI Headquarters, Philippines
Course Dates: October 14-18, 2024
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
Driving Sustainable Rice Cultivation: Understanding the SRP Standard and Performance Indicators Online Course
Updated on 24 September 2024
The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) promotes resource-use efficiency and sustainability in the global rice sector to enable 1 million rice farmers to adopt climate-smart, sustainable best practices in rice production, boosting farm incomes and livelihoods and protecting our environment. SRP aims to build an expert pool of SRP Authorized Training Providers (institutions), Trainers (individuals), and Auditors to deliver the most current and accurate know-how on the core SRP instruments to SRP Registered Projects, SRP Members, and other rice sector stakeholders – to help scale implementation globally and at high-quality.
This course is a four-day intensive skills course designed to help participants relate the benefits of sustainable rice farming to farmers; explain the SRP Standards on rice cultivation and the performance indicators; and conduct data collection and assessment among farmers to measure compliance to SRP performance indicators.
Location: Online
Course Dates: October 14-17, 2024
Application Deadline: October 6, 2024
Good Data Management Practices
Updated on 24 September 2024
Managing research data is important in conducting research responsibly. This ensures that data are properly documented and systematically organized.
Data management encompasses all phases of the data life cycle, starting with data creation and collection, data analysis, preservation and archiving, documentation, distribution and publication, and re-use.
The training course aims to provide participants with basic good practices for managing data. It covers organizing raw data in spreadsheets, data cleaning or checking, and validation. Participants will receive several hands-on exercises on promoting good practices in managing research data.
Modality: Online
Course Dates: 18-21 November 2024, 1:00 PM- 6:00 PM PHT
Application Deadline: 31 October 2024
Basic Data Analysis Using STAR
Updated on 24 September 2024
This course is designed to acquaint researchers with the principles of experimental design, basic experimental designs used in crop research, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. It also introduces the Statistical Tool for Agricultural Research (STAR). This user-friendly software uses a graphical user interface (GUI) created in Java and functions developed in R to assist crop scientists in the design and analysis of data. It is intended for researchers in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. It employs a combination of lectures, group exercises, and hands-on exercises using STAR.
Modality: Online
Course Dates: 11-15 November 2024, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM PST
Application Deadline: 31 October 2024
Online Course
Phenotyping Protocols for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice (Screening for Submergence, Salinity, Drought Tolerance)
Do you want to learn how to identify genotypes that can be used to develop rice varieties that can help rice survive in major stresses such as flooding or drought?
Course Outline
Screening for seedling stage salinity tolerance
Screening for anaerobic germination tolerance
Screening for submergence (field and submergence tank)
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Previous Trainings
Stress-tolerant rice varieties
View stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) that have been released, and are now available in the different states/provinces of South Asian and African countries