1. Global Rice Science
Partnership (GRiSP)
Research
Program
on Rice

2. 16 CGIAR Research Programs
1. Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
2. Aquatic Agricultural Systems
3. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
4. Dryland Cereals
5. Dryland Systems
6. Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
7. Grain Legumes
8. Humidtropics
9. Livestock and Fish
10.Policies, Institutions and Markets
11.Maize
12.Rice (GRiSP)
13.Roots, Tubers and Bananas
14.Water, Land and Ecosystems
15.Wheat
16.Genebanks

3. GRiSP: a global response
• A global partnership led by IRRI
• Coordinating and founding partners: IRRI,
AfricaRice, CIAT, CIRAD, IRD, and JIRCAS
(international mandate)
• Shared vision, goals, objectives, R&D
• For a value of 100 M $/year (CGIAR only)
• Current phase: 2011-2015

4. GRiSP Objectives
To increase rice productivity through
development of improved varieties and other
technologies along the value chain
To foster more sustainable rice-based production
systems that use resources more efficiently
To improve the efficiency and equity of the rice
sector through better and more accessible
information and strengthened delivery
mechanisms

5. Six research themes
Genes Varieties Management
Value adding Assessment Last-mile delivery
Policy

6. GRiSP research themes
1. Conserving genetic diversity; gene
discovery
2. Development of improved varieties
3. Sustainable management practices
4. Value adding (post harvest, new products)
5. Technology targeting and policy
6. Partnerships for large-scale impact,
and capacity building
(GCP Agenda)

7. Schematic Impact Pathway
Product
Pilot site farmer
adopters, and
benefits seen
Large scale
dissemination
Large numbers
of farmers adopt
Increased
productivity
SLO (food security, poverty,
sustainability, H&N)
Collaborative partner
adopters, and
benefits seen
GRiSP
“Outside”
Research outcome –
Intermediate and
end user
Intermediate
development
Outcome (IDO)
>> 3 years
3-6 years
6-9 years
9-12 years
>> 12 years
100s
1000s
100,000s
1,000,000s
Farmers
Upscaling
Pilot scale

8. GRiSP: what’s new?
• First-time ever globally concerted action
• Well-defined Impact-Pathway
• Alignment of major R4AD international
institutions and their partners spanning
the ‘science-development’ continuum
• Weighty impact/policy influence
• Recognized importance of gender

9. What’s new?
• Global exchange of knowledge, information,
tools, germplasm, genes, methods, data,…
• Global collaborative efforts (e.g., global
phenotyping platform)
• Linking platforms, networks, consortia

10. Program special features
• Competitive New Frontier projects and new
initiatives
• Competitive Scholarships (GRISS)
• Global Rice Forum
• High-level Oversight Committee
• Partnership development fund
• Enhanced capacity building

11. Some highlights
Product Line: 1.2. Characterizing genetic diversity and
creating novel gene pools
3,000 genomes re-sequenced (~15x)
(BGI, CAAS, IRRI)
Plan to re-sequence
2,500 O. glaberrima (AA)
AfricaRice, IRD, CIRAD
Phylogenetic tree for 200K SNPs on 3k lines

12. Producing novel genetic resources
NAM populations
(CIAT, AfricaRice)
MAGIC populations
(IRRI)
x
IR64
SSD
F7

13. Current status & perspectives on NAM
• CIAT: 2,000 lines, 10 combinations, F7 harvested
• AfricaRice: 2,000 lines, 10 combinations, F7 harvested
• Seed exchange on going
• Genotyping:
• Low resolution WGS / imputation
(IRIGIN project)
• Genotyping By Sequencing
(w S. Dellaporta, Yale Uty)
• Phenotyping:
• GRiSP Phenotyping Network
• Tools for data analysis:
MapDisto
IR64 x
WAB638-1
F4 PlantsM. Lorieux, CIAT/IRD

14. Theme 2: Accelerating Breeding
• Identification of QTLs conferring tolerance to abiotic and
biotic stresses
– Lines showing higher tolerance to salinity, Fe-toxicity,
drought, enhanced anaerobic germination ability, and
resistance to gall midge.
• Nomination of ARICA
– After 3 years evaluation under Breeding Task Force
Trials, AfricaRice and NARS have named five
breeding lines, 3 lowland and 2 upland as ARICA
T. Kumashiro, AfricaRice

15. Global phenotyping platform
CIRAD/IRRI/CIAT

16. GRiSP Partnership Development Project
1. Establishment of basket method setup at IRRI
2. Evaluation of IR64-dro1 NILs in the field at IRRI under lowland drought
stress (ongoing)
Genotype sets screened:
• drought QTL and pup1 NILs
• aus panel
• IR64 x Dular RIL population
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Entry
Aus panel basket study - % deep roots
NIAS-IRRI
H. Amelia, A. Kumar, Y. Uga, unpubl

17. GRiSP New Frontier research
Project PLs Institutions
Genotyping and phenotyping of African rice species
and their pathogens for strategic disease resistance
breeding (MENERGEP)
1.2.
1.3.
2.2.
AfricaRice, IRD, JIRCAS,
Cirad
Increasing the yield potential in rice using genomic
and physiological approaches
2.4. IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT,
Nagoya U.
Phenomics of key adaptation and yield potential
traits - GRiSP Global Rice Phenotyping Network
(PRAY)
1.2. IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT,
Cirad, Embrapa, NIAES,
U. Qsld., CAAS, PhilRice
Enhancing the sustainable use of phosphorus
through the development of varieties with reduced
grain P
2.3. JIRCAS, IRRI,
AfricaRice, Southern
Cross U., FOFIFA, Yara
Development of a cutting edge rice transformation
platform for complex traits (TALENs)
1.3.
1.4.
2.2.
IRRI, CIAT, U. Minnesota

18. Global Rice Science Scholarship
Region Female Male Total
Africa 3 6 9
Asia 9 8 17
Europe 1 1
South America 1 3 4
Grand Total 14 17 31
188 applicants from 40 countries
31 awarded for Themes 1-5

19. Perspectives
GRiSP
Theme 1 is very much aligned with GCP activities
conducted for the last 9 years
GCP Legacy
• Genetic diversity—first SNP project
• Novel genetic resources—MAGIC, NAM
• Drought and trait packages for unfavourable
environments
– Large-effect QTL for drought tolerance
– P-uptake gene, salinity tolerance

20. Thanks to
Mathias Lorieux, CIAT/IRD
Takashi Kumashiro, Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop, AfricaRice
Yusaku Uga, NIAS, Japan
Bas Bouman, GRiSP Director, IRRI
Many colleagues involved in GRiSP