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3 CPWF granted projects in the Yellow Rive Basin are as below: Project 12-Yellow River Rainfed Consevation agriculture, Project 16-Aerobic Rice System and Project 42-Groundwater Governance in IGB & YRB (STAR). Project 12 is contracted with budget of 1,480,057$ and with Larry Harrington from CIMMYT of Mexico being the project leader. Project 16 is contracted with budget of 884,572$ and with Shoabing Peng from IRRI being the project leader. Project 42 is contracted with budget of 1,266,428$ and with Karen Villholth from IWMI being the project leader.
Project 12 is mainly on Conservation Agriculture for the Dry-land Areas of the Yellow River Basin: Increasing the productivity, sustainability, equity and water use efficiency of dry-land agriculture, while protecting down stream water users. The project period is 4 years, from 1 March 2005 to 28 February 2009. Project 16 is mainly on Developing a System of Temperate and Tropical Aerobic Rice (STAR) in Asia. The project period is 4 years, from 1 October 2004 to 31 March 2008. Project 42 is mainly on improving groundwater governance in IGB & YRB through training etc.
