The Program will provide travel bursaries of A$5,000 for up to five applicants to support attendance at the International Temperate Rice Conference in Brazil or the Rice Technical Working Group in the USA.
The International Temperate Rice Conference is a global initiative dedicated to bringing temperate rice growing countries together for the discussion, promotion and advancement of research, technology and innovation in the field. The three day conference is being held from 9-12 February 2020 in Pelotas, Brazil.
For more info: https://itrconference2020.com/
The Rice Technical Working Group meets at least twice-yearly to facilitate an exchange of information, cooperative planning, and periodic review of rice research and extension across the seven rice growing states of the USA. The conference reports on latest findings of a broad section of rice research. The conference is being held from 24-27 February 2020 in Orange Beach, Alabama.
For more info: https://www.mafes.msstate.edu/rtwg/
Building capacity and increasing knowledge in rice specific RD&E is supported by attending conferences, consortiums and educational forums. Attending these events enables benchmarking many of our key research areas (e.g. breeding, molecular, bioinformatics, grain quality, nutrition, crop protection, extension etc.) against the world’s best.