i The CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agrifood Systems (RICE) represents a single strategic and work plan for global rice research. RICE brings together hundreds of scientists to embark on the most comprehensive attempt ever to harness the power of science to solve the pressing development challenges of the 21st century. Cutting-edge science is deployed to develop new rice varieties with high yield potential and tolerance of a variety of stresses such as flooding, salinity, drought, soil problems, pests, weeds, and diseases. Improved natural resource management practices will allow farmers to fully realize the benefits of such new varieties on a sustainable basis while protecting the environment. Future rice production systems are designed to adapt to climate change and to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Policies conducive to the adoption of new varieties and cropping systems will be designed to facilitate the realization of development outcomes. RICE will train future rice scientists and strengthen the capacity of advisory systems to reach millions of farmers. For impact at scale, RICE scientists collaborate with hundreds of development partners from the public and private sector across the globe. RICE was launched in 2010 (phase I: 2010-2016 – also known as the Global Rice Science Partnership, GRiSP; Phase II: 2017-2022) and is coordinated by three members of the CGIAR Con- sortium—the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, the lead institute), Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)—and three other leading agricultural agencies with an international mandate and with a large portfolio on rice: Centre de Cooperation lnternationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), L’lnstitut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). Together, they align and bring to the table consortia, networks, platforms, programs, and collaborative projects with over 900 partners from the government, nongovernment, public, private, and civil society sectors. The responsibility for this publication rests solely with the CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agrifood Systems. cc CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agrifood Systems 2017 This publication is copyrighted by RICE and is licensed for use under a Creative Commons At- tribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (Unported). Unless otherwise noted, users are free to copy, duplicate, or reproduce and distribute, display, or transmit any of the articles and to make translations, adaptation, or other derivative works under specific conditions spelled out at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0. Mailing address: Dr. Bas Bouman, RICE program director, c/o IRRI, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines Phone: +63 (2) 580-5600 Fax: +63 (2) 580-5699 Email: [email protected] Web site: ricecrp.org Suggested citation: RICE (CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agrifood Systems). RICE Annual Report 2017. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. ii Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 3 Acronyms and abbreviations .................................................................................................................. 5 1. Key Results .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 CRP Progress Towards Intermediate Outcomes and SLOs ........................................................... 1 1.2 Progress by CRP Flagships ............................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Cross-Cutting Dimensions (at CRP level) ....................................................................................... 8 1.3.1 Gender: .................................................................................................................................. 8 1.3.2 Youth .................................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.3 Other Aspects of Equity / “Leaving No-one Behind”: .......................................................... 11 1.3.4 Capacity Development: ........................................................................................................ 12 1.3.5 Open Data: ........................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.6 Intellectual Assets: ............................................................................................................... 14 2. CRP Effectiveness and Efficiency ....................................................................................................... 15 2.1 Variance from Planned Program: ................................................................................................ 15 2.2 Use of W1-2 Funding: ................................................................................................................. 16 2.3 Key External Partnerships: .......................................................................................................... 18 2.4 Cross-CGIAR Partnerships (other CRPs and Platforms): ............................................................. 19 2.5 Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact Assessment and Learning (MELIA): .......................................... 21 2.6 Improving Efficiency: ................................................................................................................... 22 3. CRP Management ............................................................................................................................. 22 3.1 CRP Management and Governance: ........................................................................................... 22 3.2 Management of Risks to Your CRP:............................................................................................. 22 3.3 Financial Summary: ..................................................................................................................... 23 Table A: Evidence on Progress towards SLOs ....................................................................................... 24 Table A-1: Evidence on progress towards the SLOs (sphere of interest).......................................... 24 Table A-2: List of New Outcome Case Studies from This Reporting Year (Sphere of Influence) ...... 27 Table B: Status of Planned Milestones ................................................................................................. 30 Table C: Cross-cutting Aspect of Outputs ............................................................................................. 44 Table D: Common Results Reporting Indicators ................................................................................... 45 Table D-1: Key CRP Results from 2017, in Numbers ......................................................................... 45 Table D-2: List of CRP Innovations in 2017 (From indicator #C1 in Table D-1) ................................. 48 Table E: Intellectual Assets ................................................................................................................... 53 Table F: Main Areas of W1/2 Expenditure in 2017 ............................................................................... 54 Table G: List of Key External Partnerships ............................................................................................ 66 iii Table H: Status of Internal (CGIAR) Collaborations among Programs and between the Program and Platforms ............................................................................................................................. 68 Table I: Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact Assessment and Learning ...................................................... 70 Table I-1: Status of Evaluations, Impact Assessments and Other Learning Exercises Planned in the 2017 POWB ....................................................................................................................................... 70 Table I-2: Update on Actions Taken in Response to Relevant Evaluations (IEA, CCEEs and Others) 74 Table J: CRP Financial Report ................................................................................................................ 83 Annex A: Selected RICE outcome studies ............................................................................................. 84 RICE Outcome case study 1: impact of improved rice varieties in sub-Saharan Africa .................... 84 RICE Outcome case study 2: Remote sensing-based rice insurance in Tamil Nadu, India ............... 86 RICE Outcome case study 3: Healthy rice seedlings in Bangladesh .................................................. 89 Annex B: RICE risk table ........................................................................................................................ 92 iv Acronyms and abbreviations A4NH CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health ACIAR Australian centre for international agricultural research AfricaRice Africa Rice Center AWD alternate wetting and drying, a water-saving technology for rice BTF breeding task force CCAFS CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CGIAR CGIAR