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The project involves three countries in South Asia and 17 countries in Africa. Key scientists and personnel from IRRI, the AfricaRice, and NARES partner institutions from the participating countries compose the STRASA project ensuring effective implementation and coordination.
Name Project Role/Area
Project Management
Dr. Abdelbagi Ismail (IRRI) - STRASA Phase 2 Project Leader
Regional Coordinators
Dr. Baboucarr Manneh (AfricaRice) - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) project coordinator and molecular biologist
Dr. Uma Shankar Singh (IRRI) - South Asia project coordinator, IRRI-India
Key Staff/Scientists
Dr. Inoussa Akintayo (AfricaRice-ARI) - African Rice Initiative (ARI) coordinator
Dr. Eklou Attiogbevi-Somado (AfricaRice) - Cropping systems agronomist
Dr. Vincent B. Bado (AfricaRice-St. Louis) - Head, Regional Rice Research Station, Senegal
Dr. Aliou Diagne (AfricaRice) - Impact assessment economist (AfricaRice)
Dr. Koichi Futakuchi (AfricaRice) - Head, Genetic Resources Unit (Interim) and ecophysiologist
Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio (IRRI) - Abiotic stresses (salinity and zinc deficiency)
Dr. Stephan M. Haefele (IRRI) - Participatory varietal evaluation and crop management
Dr. Sigrid Heuer (IRRI) - Molecular biology
Dr. Ryoichi Ikeda (AfricaRice) - In charge of AfricaRice-JICA seed production
Dr. Abdelbagi M. Ismail (IRRI) - Stress physiology
Dr. Zakaria Lamus Kanyake (IRRI-ESA) - Plant breeder based in Tanzania and Regional Plant Breeder IRRI-ESA-Tanzania
Dr. Paul Kiepe (AfricaRice) - IVC scientific coordinator and NRM specialist
Dr. Arvind Kumar (IRRI) - Drought breeding
Dr. Ashura Luzi Kihupi (AfricaRice) - Rice breeder and regional liaison officer, ESA
Dr. Gouyou Ye (IRRI) - Bioinformatics
Dr. Lawrence T. Narteh (AfricaRice) - Coordinator West and Central African Rice Research Network
Dr. Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop (AfricaRice) - Molecular biology
Dr. Sylvester O. Oikeh (AfricaRice) - Arica Rice Center (AfricaRice), Benin-project leader and soil fertility agronomist
Dr. Thelma R. Paris (IRRI) - Socio-Economics-Gender Specialist
Dr. Edilberto D. Redoña (IRRI) - Coordinator for activities under objective 6-exchange promising breeding lines and release abiotic stress tolerant varieties and responsible for conduct of the Rice Breeding Course
Dr. Mande Semon (AfricaRice-IBADAN) - AfricaRice, Benin, Upland rice breeder
Dr. Yacouba Sere (AfricaRice) - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) – pathologist, IPM specialist
Dr. Moussa Sie (AfricaRice) - Lowland rice breeder/PVS focal point; ROCARIZ breeding task force facilitator
Dr. Karim Traore (AfricaRice) - AfricaRice St. Louis- (PDF) irrigated rice breeder
Dr. Paul L.J. Van Mele (AfricaRice) - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice, Benin) learning and innovation systems specialist
Dr. Casiana M. Vera Cruz (IRRI) - Disease resistance
Dr. Surapong Sarkarung (IRRI) - Consultant (plant breeding)
Dr. Kenneth McNally (IRRI) - Molecular genetics
Dr. Endang Septiningsih (IRRI) - Molecular genetics
Dr. Tao Li (IRRI) - Crop modeller
Dr. Amelia Henry (IRRI) - Physiology, drought screening
Dr. Ajay Kohli (IRRI) - Molecular biology
Dr. Andrew Nelson (IRRI) - GIS/Geographer
Dr. David Raitzer (IRRI) - Strategic planning and impact assessment
Dr. Takashi Yamano (IRRI-India) - Socioeconomist
Dr. David Johnson (IRRI) - CURE coordinator
Post Doctoral Fellows(PDF)/Consultants
Dr. Helal Uddin Ahmed (IRRI) - PDF, drought plant breeding
Dr. Joan Damien Platen (IRRI) - PDF, salinity
Dr. HN Singh (IRRI) - PDF, PVS and socio-economic component of experimental sites
Dr. Yuko Nakano (IRRI) PDF, impact assessment
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Bari (IRRI) - Local Consultant in charge of the Bangladesh partners in seed production and up scaling
Dr. Manzoor Hussain Dar (IRRI) - Local Consultant in charge of the Indian partners in seed production and up scaling
Dr. Panchugopal Biswas - Consultant, Database management
Dr. Amrendra N. Singh (IRRI) - Consultant in SSD in charge of the variety tracking, salinity research, flood related, change in cropping pattern, characterization of drought prone areas in eastern India
Dr. MK Bashar - Consultant, module/course design for seed production e-learning development
Dr. Najam Waris Zaidi - Consultant, module/course design for seed production e-learning development
Contact us
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
DAPO Box 7777 Metro Manila
PHILIPPINES
Phone: +63 (2) 580-5600
Fax: +63 (2) 580-5699
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