OPINION: Harmful invasive species are on the move
There has been a baffling absence of an international alliance to track and respond to the movement of invasive species. The sun was mid-way up when the car that carried me and a few local...
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Rice Doctor -An innovative technological approach to enhance rice production
Crop losses due to insect pests and diseases are a major threat to farming communities globally. In the case of rice, up to 37% of economic losses are caused by insect pests and disease infestation...
IRRI, Tao Corporation sign pact for the commercialization and distribution of elite hybrid rice varieties across the Philippines
Partnership seen to give local rice farmers better access to seeds of high-yielding and climate-resilient hybrid rice varieties that, in the long run, will help make rice production more sustainable...
Addressing the effects of climate change on rice productivity: ADB, IRRI convene three-country policy workshops on scaling-up climate-smart practices for sustainable and intensive rice-based farming
Workshops aimed at developing policy recommendations to promote widespread adoption of climate-smart solutions for intensive and sustainable rice-based production in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Cambodia...
Inequality, Agriculture and Climate Change: From a Vicious to a Virtuous Circle
Smallholder farmers are on the frontline of climate change. There are estimated to be over 500 million of them, who still produce the majority of the world's food. Helping them cope with the effects...
Study explores measures to reduce Vietnam's emissions
A recent study by researchers at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture...