Verrijst

ISRIC participates in a project that aims to strengthen the rice sector in Surinam.

Corantijn river (Stephan Mantel)

The project area is in the North-western polders of Nickerie along the Corantijn river.
ISRIC will contribute to the environmental base line inventory for land use and management decision support. One of the products will be a suitability map of the MCP polders with land use and management options.

                                         
Rijst MCP (Stephan Mantel)                                                                                MCP soil research (Stephan Mantel)

Furthermore ISRIC will have a role in training of local staff.
Involved ISRIC staff: Stephan Mantel, Prem Bindraban

Project partners:
Plant Research International (PRI)
Wageningen Universiteit (WU)
Van Hall – Larenstein (VHL)
ISRIC – World Soil Information
Landbouweconomisch Instituut (LEI)
LEI (Landbouw Anton de Kom Universiteit (AdeKUS), Paramaribo
ADRON, Anne van Dijk Rijst Onderzoekscentrum, Nickerie
OW – MCP, Overliggend Waterschap – Multipurpose CorantijnProject (OW-MCP)