Objectives

The main objective of the Regional Expert Consultation is to bring countries in the region together to share experiences, present their respective challenges and possible solutions, and discuss activities/programmes to promote regional hybrid rice cooperation and future development in the region. Specifically, the objectives proposed are:

• exchanging and sharing experiences, knowledge, technologies and understanding among the concerned countries;
• exchanging the national and local policies, and actions that enable to strengthen rice development;
• assessing the current status of hybrid rice production in Asia and its impacts on food and nutrition security;
• analyzing constraints and technological gaps in the development and adoption of hybrid rice in Asia, and recommendations to overcome these constraints and gaps;
• formulating a regional action plan aiming at strengthening regional hybrid rice cooperation and development in Asia.

Concept note