 Rita Marteleira May 17, 2016 02:46  | Dear proposal author(s) Thank you again for submitting your proposal to the adaptation contest. Just a friendly reminder: you only have 6 days left to update and improve your proposal before the contest closure on May 23rd! Keep up the good work and let us know if you have any queries! Best wishes, Rita Marteleira Adaptation Contest Fellow |
 Patrick Ray May 23, 2016 08:27 | Africa's forgotten rice team, Last day to make refinements to your proposal. Looking forward to reviewing the final version. Question - there is not much in the proposal about costs. Who would subsidize the action steps - distribution of seed, farmer training, etc.? What are the estimated costs? Is market resistance anticipated? Good luck. |
 Hillary Mara May 23, 2016 03:56  | Proposal contributor Thanks for your question. I will add in some more information on funding. Hillary |
 Sergio Pena May 23, 2016 10:08  | Excellent idea, have you considered the possibility to develop a list of practices based on the traditional knowledge from farmers and indigneous people in order to give certainty on the treatement of this rice? Cheers. |
Hillary Mara Jun 2, 2016 09:47 | Proposal contributor Thanks for your comment Sergio. As this project aims to preserve and validate the use of traditional rice varieties, it would make sense to also collect and archive the traditional uses and practices of glaberrima. For example, farmers know best under which conditions their rice will thrive (deep water, flood plain, etc). Our project intends to collect this information and have it available for farmers along with the seeds themselves. |
