As the official technical partner for the project, Cornell University’s SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice), based in Ithaca, NY, USA, is responsible for conducting periodic support visits to countries throughout the project region. In late February and early March SRI-Rice Director of Programs Dr. Erika Styger traveled to Liberia to gain a better understanding of the state of SRI there, and give counsel to WAAPP and rice sector officials.

Highlights from Dr. Styger’s trip include:

• Meetings with: CHAP; WAAPP Liberia; USAID’s FED project; SAPEC; IFAD; the Farmer’s Union Network (FUN); the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Coordination Committee;
• Field trip to CARI research station;
• Visit to BRAC field station
• Presentation to the Agricultural Coordination Committee;
• SRI field visit with USAID’s FED project
• Consultation with CHAP field staff on the design of their SRI project
• SRI training for CHAP field agents

A full list of SRI-Rice support trips and their reports are posted on the Project Documents page. The full report of this support trip is also available here.