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...
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...
KREI and IRRI to work together in research, policy, and rural development for developing countries
November 12 ~ Building on its strong relationships with South Korean government partners, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding with...
CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
(Members of a women’s group in Nigeria deposit money into a shared savings box. Photo by C. De Bode/CGIAR.) Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new...
HHU-led research consortium expanded by four additional institutions to defeat bacterial rice blight, one of the main challenges for smallholder farmers
(Photo: Healthy rice plants in Telangana, India © Yugander Arra) The “Healthy Crops” project, headed by Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor Wolf B. Frommer from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU...
Southeast Asia Regional Representative pays courtesy on the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia
Phnom Penh November 3, 2020 –Yurdi Yasmi, the regional representative for Southeast Asia of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), paid a courtesy call on the Philippine Embassy Chargé d’...
ASEAN ministers call on CGIAR for sustained significant investment in rice research
(Photo: Joint Press Statement of The Forty Second Meeting of The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry) In a Joint Press Statement of the 42nd Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian...
DA BAFE, IRRI educate over 1,500 stakeholders on laser land leveling
16 October 2020, Los Baños, Laguna — The Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA BAFE) partnered with the International Rice Research...
Thailand welcomes One CGIAR, seeks more rice research collaboration
Deputy Permanent Secretary Rapibhat Chandarasrivongs of Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative (MOAC) welcomed the newly formed One CGIAR in a meeting between representatives of the Thai...
IRRI lauds Bangladesh’s agricultural and socioeconomic success
Director General Mathew Morell of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) lauded Bangladesh’s success in rice production and the progress in its agricultural and socioeconomic sectors in the...