‘Seed funding’: How more billionaires can help end world hunger
CGIAR Managing Director Dr. Claudia Sadoff argues that long-term endowments for genebanks can be the best way of putting one’s money where the world’s mouths are.
IRRI is seeking a new Director General who will be based in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The IRRI Director General will also assume the role of CGIAR's Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and will be a valued member of CGIAR's Senior Leadership Team. They will play a significant role in a shared transformation journey and will contribute to ensuring a coherent and innovative approach to CGIAR's critical work and engagement in the Southeast Asian Pacific regions.
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
CGIAR, the largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership in the world, has challenged governments and donors to double funding to end hunger and halt climate change by 2030. -
Two Degree Initiative for Food and Agriculture
The ‘Two Degree Initiative’ (2DI) is a coalition of hundreds of like-minded partner organizations from around the world. They are brought together with a single unifying vision – to transform the global food system for a climate-smart future.A recording of the CCAFS-WRI webinar on the Two Degree Initiative (2DI), where IRRI plays a lead role, will be streamed on 25 January at the Climate Adaptation Summit. -
CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new report has found. The report, commissioned by the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation, found a 10 to 1 benefit-cost ratio on CGIAR investments of $60 billion in present value terms over almost five decades.
International Rice Congress 2023
Highlights
International crop science conference tackled various applications of genomics and bioinformatics
POHANG, South Korea (September 18, 2023) - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Handong Global University (HGU), the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), and the...
IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empowerment
Photo caption: Together with women farmers in Odisha, India, Dr. Swati visited a field site to validate germplasms recommended by the national agricultural research and extension systems. LOS BAÑOS,...
International crop science conference tackled various applications of genomics and bioinformatics
POHANG, South Korea (September 18, 2023) - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Handong Global University (HGU), the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), and the...Exploring the potential of saline water irrigation as a climate change adaptation measure
For the third installment of the Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas ( AMD ) and Wageningen University & Research ( WUR ) presented a webinar on the effects of saline water...
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Rice Improvement: Physiological, Molecular Breeding, and Genetic Perspectives
Rice Improvement: Physiological, Molecular Breeding, and Genetic Perspectives is a recently published open-access book dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the International Rice Research Institute. Edited by Jauhar Ali of IRRI and Shabir Hussain Wani of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, the book highlights modern rice research advances in physiology, molecular breeding, and genetics that are helping scientists increase productivity, improve biotic and abiotic stress tolerances, and enhance the nutritional quality of rice. Download the book for free at Springer Link.
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Flood resilience loci SUBMERGENCE 1 and ANAEROBIC GERMINATION 1 interact in seedlings established underwater
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