Unlocking rice gene diversity for food security
A new study published in the Nature journal opens the possibility to accelerate rice breeding to achieve food security for some of the world’s most vulnerable rice farmers. The groundbreaking...
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‘Wild’ genes open up opportunities for healthier, climate-smart rice
Los Baños, Philippines (30th January 2018) — The genome sequencing of seven wild rice varieties has finally been completed. This breakthrough is expected to provide opportunities for breeders...
Bayer partners with IRRI to advance technologies for direct-seeded rice in Asia
Singapore/Philippines, March 01, 2018 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Bayer have signed an agreement confirming Bayer’s participation in the Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC...
Determination and Resilience amid COVID-19 Uncertainty
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) The COVID-19 pandemic has made generating income and access to food far more difficult for many, particularly women in developing countries...
IRRI Announces New Leadership at IRRI SARC
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) announced last week the appointment of Dr. Sudhanshu Singh as the new Director of IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) in Varanasi, Uttar...
New Report about America and International Scientific Engagement: Lessons & Recommendations
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently released a new publication, America and the Future of International Science , that presents the case for robust US support and participation in...
Equality and Technology are Central to Sustainable Global Food Security
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a brutal truth: while global agricultural markets remained stable with production levels even reaching an all-time high, smallholder farmers and rural communities...
Vietnam thanks IRRI for contribution to VnSAT, increasing rice productivity and income for farmers
15 December 2020, Hà Nội, Vietnam ~ During the wrap-up workshop of the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) consultancy to the Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation (VnSAT) Project...
Innovation key to sustainable intensification of polder agriculture in coastal Bangladesh
Above image: Farmers in a southern coastal polder in Bangladesh using machine transplanting. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched the second phase of the Sustainable...
New research project to develop salt- and flood-tolerant rice for Africa within five years
Rice feeds 3.5 billion people globally, and provides up to 20% of the world’s daily calorie consumption. However, climate change is threatening the global annual rice harvest of approximately 800...
Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West Africa
(Photo credit: Trade for Development News) by Aminou Arouna, Guillaume Soullier, Patricio Mendez del Villar and Matty Demont According to this article published on Trade for Development News by the...
Protecting plants, protecting people: CGIAR germplasm health units launch phytosanitary seminar series as part of International Year of Plant Health
The Germplasm Health Units (GHUs) of various CGIAR centers have come together to organize a global seminar series for the GHU’s International Phytosanitary Awareness Week event, part of the United...
Japan and IRRI discuss strengthened cooperation for agriculture sector in Cambodia and SEA
19 November 2020, Phnom Penh ~ A meeting between Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia and the Southeast Asian Representative of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) discussed ideas on...
Vietnam’s NDC process to be aided with tools for assessing the costs and benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation technologies in rice production
(Photo: In-person participants and representatives of IPSARD and IRRI at the training venue.) In supporting Vietnam to achieve its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement...
World Children’s Day - Nourishing Children’s Right to Thrive
Today is UN’s ‘World Children’s Day and we all want every child to thrive. The global COVID-19 pandemic reminds us, if nothing else, of the power and potential of good childhood nutrition to build...