2008-09 - IRRI in the News:
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2007 news
2006 and earlier news

              The global food crisis: the end of plenty
(23 May 09)
           India: Two new rice varieties for flood prone area farmers of Orissa (23 May 09)
       Drain rice fields to cut methane, say scientists
(21 May 09)
         India: New rice varieties defy floods (21 May 09)
              University of Nebraska-Lincoln plant breeder chosen for IRRI Board (9 May 09)
        Myanmar: One year after a devastating cyclone, a bitter harvest (subscription only; 8 May 09)
      USA: Interns continue hunger fight (3 May 09)
           Arbeit am Aerobic-Reis (German; 21 April 09)
                 World needs extra 10 mln tons rice for stable market: IRRI (14 April 09)
                Global rice trade to slow amid recession
(9 April 09)
              GM rice yields 50% more harvest even with less fertilizer and water use (9 April 09)
                Iowa, USA: Senior earns coveted World Food Prize internship to IRRI (1 April 09)
                      Dr. Borlaug expresses pleasure for Monsanto support for International Scholars (31 March 09)
                    How global warming threatens millions in Bangladesh (26 March 09)
                   Monsanto Company commits $10 million to rice and wheat research program (25 March 09)
               Rice demand growth may top expansion in output amid recession (20 March 09)
                 India: CRRI develops new rice variety
(19 March 09)
                 Pressure off rice market, but problems remain
(16 March 09)
                   A new way to make supper: about C4 rice
(11 March 09)
 
PIA Philippines: E-Learning center tapped for extension computer literacy course (10 March 09)
               Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush, the hero of Green Revolution (28 February 09)
             Asia Society and Oxfam America host second debate on the Global Food Crisis (20 February 09)
 
           Gates Foundation says no to infectious disease and hunger (14 February 09)
              Le riz OGM dans notre assiette? (10 February 09)
                India: IRRI shows keen interest in Happy Seeder of PAU (3 February 09)
           Plant research could help feed the world
(3 February 09)
               Sri Lanka: New high yielding rice ensures self sufficiency and protection technology
(3 February 09)
                   Fighting hunger with flood-tolerant rice
(29 January 09)
                IRRI inks rice research pact with India
(21 January 09)
                          Indonesia: Jakarta sows seeds for rice self-sufficiency (21 January 09)
                    Growing crops after disasters: Fiji and Cambodia (15 January 09)
                  New Zealand likely to be hit by rice price rise
(14 January 09)
                      Flood-resistant rice: a miracle for Bangladesh (podcast; 9 January 09)
        Rice prices may rise on tight credit, demand -IRRI (9 January 09)
                   Rice institute seeks to boost South Asia crop yields (7 January 09)
   Food crunch opens doors to bio-engineered crops (2 January 09)
         Rainy-day rice: Asian farmers get a disaster-proof version of an essential crop (18 December 08)
IBM and Volunteers Using Computers to Cultivate Better Rice Crops (16 December)
Financial Crisis May Worsen Food Crunch
(7 December 08)
Waterproof rice passes international field tests
(5 December 2008)
        Newly discovered genes could double rice yields during droughts (4 December 2008)
          Better, stronger, faster ... (4 December 2008)
        UC Davis scientists develop flood-resistant rice
(4 December 2008)
       Environmental pledges flow from first Clinton Global Initiative Asia (3 December 2008)
        Rice-powered stove ignites new hope for poor farmers (3 December 08)
        Financial crisis may worsen food crunch it eclipsed (2 December 08)
Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
(1 December 08)
Rice central to Asian Society (26 November 08)
Flood-resistant rice feeds hope for Filipinos
(24 November 08)
Rice in the Philippines: promise and neglect
(24 November 08)
IRRI develops flood-tolerant variant of Swarna rice seed (22 November 08)
Pricey rice to feed on shortage-hit world
(1 November 08)
World Rice Demand to Climb on Credit Crisis, Slowdown (28 October 08) Listen
  ASEAN backs IRRI's rice action plan
(24 October 08)
Drought resistance is the goal, but methods differ (23 October 08)
Global rice market seen to remain tight in 2009
(20 October 08)
Aerobic-Reis für die Tropen (German;
17 October 08)
GM reporting should rely on real expertise
(16 October 08)
Rice market tight next year despite big harvest: IRRI (15 October 08)
Rice supply to stay tight as exports cut
(15 October 08)
Food: European and Asian quest for better rice
(11 October 08)
Taiwan: NTU agrees with IRRI to cooperate on rice research (11 October 08)
International food conference whets appetite for change (9 October 08)
The need to feed (part one; 22 September 08)
Agricultural development offers protection against natural disaster (20 September 08)
Rice experts for investment amid rising hunger
(20 September 08)
Myanmar seeks seeds, fertiliser after Cyclone Nargis: IRRI (16 September 08)
World rice crisis calls for agricultural research: IRRI (3 September 08)
Poor Asians need special attention – Ramon Magsaysay laureates (31 August 08)
The price of survival (IRRI DG quoted;
30 August 08)
Rice production makes a comeback in war-ravaged Cambodia (19 August 08); PBS Podcast
A focus on society’s ills (15 August 08)
Philippines: Hungry for rice, unwilling to invest
(15 August 08)
Rice aroma and flavor: a literature review
(14 August 08)
Colorado State researchers land largest single grant to study biofuels (11 August 08)
Australia urged to help rice crisis (6 August 08);
audio file (4:27) 
International Rice Research Institute to assist Vietnam's farmers (6 August 08)
The rice crisis (1 August 08)
RP endorses UN action plan on food, energy crisis (22 July 08)
Land reform extension pushed (22 July 08)
Science research to address food crisis (10 July 08)
No rice shortage in East Asia; high prices due to panic – ASEAN chief (8 July 08)
    The Politics of Rice (The Island Online) (8 July 08)
Population, typhoons keep RP from being rice self-sufficient (8 July 08)
Scientists learn about rice and how to help fight poverty (7 July 08)
Test new rice farming method, Agriculture dep’t urged (4 July 08)
A second Green Revolution (2 July 08)
Hungry for answers (Part 3): Fighting to survive on mountain of trash (30 June 08)
The Politics of Rice (mysinchew.com) (28 Jun 08)
Planting the Seeds of Cyberinfrastructure: New Projects Nurture Plant Bioinformatics (18 June 08)
Rice farmers struggle to sustain yields
(17 June 08)
Feed the world (15 June 08)
Rice is life (13 June 08)
Rice future dependent on science here and now: IRRI (12 June 08)
What price more food? (11 June 08)
G-8 finance ministers to examine factors behind oil surges (11 June 08)
Rice expert welcomes spotlight on food (8 June 08)
Philippines urges int'l donors to increase funds for agriculture research (8 June 08)
Solving the food crisis with an unlikely alliance
(6 June 08)
翟虎渠院长会见国际水稻研究所所长Robert Zeigler博士  (6 June 08)
Asian states feel rice pinch (6 June 08)
Rice scientists call for increased funding for research to boost crops (5 June 08) Click here for audio file
"Jeder Preisanstieg ist für die Armen gefährlich" (German; 5 June 08)
UN Food Summit opens in Italy (4 June 08)
Click here for audio file
Hybrid rice gives hope of food self-sufficiency for Filipinos faced with rice crisis (4 June 08)
International farm research — Why India should step up funding (4 June 08)
 
Food crisis may open door to genetically modified rice (3 June 08)
 
  Rice bowl bountiful in Vietnam (2 June 08)
Bangladesh to launch flood-resistant rice in 2009
(2 June 08)
The end of abundance: Food panic brings calls for a second 'green revolution' (1 June 08)
The rice crisis: why you should care (1 June 08)
German expert to head IRRI research effort
(1 June 08)
Rice shortage: crisis or hype? (29 May 08)
U.S. Agricultural Research in Dangerous Decline (29 May 08)
Industry hails lifting of ban on Cambodian rice exports (28 May 08)
Cyclone Impact: Water-proof rice to make debut soon (28 May 08)
From producers to consumers: how rice farmers face catastrophe (28 May 08)
Opinion: Bracing for ‘silent tsunami' (28 May 08)
Super-ris skal afhjælpe: 3:02 video in Danish featuring IRRI (27 May 08) (link may be broken)
Pinoys resilient enough to cope with food crisis
(27 May 08) (link may be broken)
Food aplenty with Sabah's agriculture policies
(26 May 08)
Poor soil lowers world's production of food
(25 May 08)
More rice from Thailand (24 May 08)
Getting to the root of woes (24 May 08)
Time ripe for second green revolution (24 May 08)
Food or ethanol? (23 May 08)
Rice tops agenda of Thai prime minister's talks in Philippines (23 May 08) (link may be broken)
PIA DA regional officials ordered to link up with SUCs (23 May 08)
Coalition aiming to lift Africa's rice yield (23 May 08)
Thai PM begins Philippines visit (23 May)
Can the whole world be fed? (23 May 08)
Rice price surge is defying Asia's ingenuity
(22 May 08)
Thai PM gives assurances on rice inventories
(22 May 08)
(link may be broken)
Learning from Thailand the way they learned from us (22 May 08) (link may be broken)
Rice subsidy reaches P6.9B: NFA already given more than half of allotment (22 May 08)
Philippine president calls for Southeast Asian cooperation to ensure rice supply (21 May 08)
IRRI’s 9-point action plan for grain crisis
(21 May 08)
IBM taps idle computing power to help solve rice crisis (21 May 08)
Philippines urges cooperation on rice (21 May 08) (link may be broken)
Technology key to producing more food
(19 May 08)
Loss of Filipino rice crops was stoppable
(19 May 08)
Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve (19 May 08)
The Real villain in the world food crisis
(19 May 08)
Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve (18 May 08)
Shrinking aid, soaring prices (IRRI photo montage; 18 May 08)
World’s poor pay price as crop research is cut
(18 May 08)
Poor countries suffer as funding dries up for agricultural research (18 May 08)
Genetically modified foods gain ground
(17 May 08)
Rice: the price you pay (16 May 08)
Faber, Gartman, Slok, Zeigler discuss global food crisis (video; 15 May 08)
Collaboration between UW and IBM will use donated computer time to tackle rice crisis (15 May 08)
Food crisis discussion taken into the board room (15 May 08)
IBM World Community Grid "Supercomputer" to Tackle Rice Crisis (15 May 08) (link may be broken)
From feast to famine: facts behind the food crisis (4:20 video clip featuring IRRI DG; 14 May 08)
Soaring rice prices a global danger, expert warns (14 May 08)
Join the hunt for super-rice (14 May 08)
Food crisis adds 100M to ranks of hungry: experts (13 May 08)
Nutritious rice for the world (12 May 08)
We did it before, we can grow our way out of famine again (12 May 08)
Repercusiones financieras de la crisis alimenticia (11 May 08)
All eyes on price of rice (11 May 08)
Rice shortage Asia's 'silent tsunami" (10 May 08)
Combating climate change (video clip featuring IRRI at 4:30; 10 May 08)
Cyclone heightens rice crisis (10 May 08)
Cause for optimism (video clip featuring IRRI DG at 4:40; 10 May 08)
Department of Agriculture buying more local rice
(10 May 08) (link may be broken)
Behind the food riots: A debate on how best to farm (10 May 08)
Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt (9 May 08)
Global food crisis has many causes, experts say
(9 May 08)
Support for biofuels rethink grows (9 May 08)
Rice crisis solutions: IRRI collaboration with the Philippines (8 May 08)
Calls for Asian agriculture overhaul (audio version;
7 May 08)
Rush for rice is expected after Myanmar cyclone
(7 May 08)
Boom time for Philippine banana plantations
(7 May 08)
Burma cyclone adds to rice stock pressure
(7 May 08)
Thailand: Drops idea for rice cartel; Backs off on "OPEC-style" rice cartel (6 May 08)
Solving Asia's Food Crisis by Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President (5 May 08)
Fragile rice: hoarding a third world staple (5 May 08)
Farmers face climate challenge in quest for more food (4 May 08)
IRRI proposes 9-point rice plan (4 May 08)
Thai cartel idea outrages rice consumers (3 May 08)
Asians seek rice-crisis solution (3 May 08)
ADB to provide budget support for countries hardest hit by food price surge (3 May 08)
菲律宾政府计划3年内实现大米自给自足 Visit of Philippine President to IRRI as covered by Chinese television (3 May 08)
IRRI proposes ways to increase worldwide rice production (3 May 08)
Thailand floats idea of OPEC-style rice cartel
(2 May 08)
Thai PM proposes rice cartel (2 May 08)
IRRI to help Philippines grow enough rice for itself
(2 May 08)
Philippines buys enough rice to fill shortfall, Wants to become self-sufficient (2 May 08)
Control sought over rice prices (2 May 08) (link may be broken)
Asian countries again float idea of rice cartel
(2 May 08)
Philippines seeks self-sufficiency in rice vs OREC
(2 May 08)
Fund another Green Revolution -- or people will starve (2 May 08)
'Millions face hunger' as Thailand invites neighbours to form Opec-style cartel for rice (2 May 08)
Fund a Green Revolution, or people will starve
(2 May 08)
IRRI to help Philippines grow enough rice for itself
(2 May 08)
World food crisis no longer theory, but reality
(2 May 08)
As world grasps for rice, Cambodia's success story (1 May 08)
Roots of the rice shortage (1 May 08)
Thailand hopes to form rice cartel with four nations (1 May 08)
Could science solve global food crisis?
(1 May 08)
World food crisis (radio interview; 30 April 08)
Conference told rice consumption outpacing production (30 April 08)
The price of rice (30 April 08)
World food price crisis blamed on government neglect (29 April 08)
'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts
(29 April 08)
Cambodia and Thailand pledge big rice export
(29 April 08)
Palace set to unveil rice sufficiency plan
(29 April 08)
Arroyo: RP to import rice while aiming for self-sufficiency (29 April 08)
Rice smuggling threatens Indonesia, Philippines
(28 April 08)
Rice harvest shortages forecast troubled times ahead (28 April 08)
What’s rice got to do with it? (27 April 08)