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Experts explore deeper underlying issues behind gender and youth roles for the development...

Experts explore deeper underlying issues behind gender and youth roles for the development...

Manila, Philippines (October 17, 2023) — Gender in agriculture is more than the disaggregation of data based on sex. It goes  beyond the realms
October 18, 2023
Innovative strategies for coping with salinity intrusion in Asian Mega-Deltas presented at...

Innovative strategies for coping with salinity intrusion in Asian Mega-Deltas presented at...

Manila, Philippines (October 17, 2023) — Innovative strategies and technologies to address the problem of salinity intrusion in rice production
October 18, 2023
International rice-sector experts offer insightful review of forthcoming book on global ri...

International rice-sector experts offer insightful review of forthcoming book on global ri...

Manila, Philippines (October 18, 2023) - Policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders from across the globe attended the book launch session of Global
October 18, 2023
A revolution in rice production: Bayer advocates for regenerative agriculture practices li...

A revolution in rice production: Bayer advocates for regenerative agriculture practices li...

Manila, Philippines (October 16, 2023) – Collaborative action and advancement of direct-seeded rice can be an important solution for food
October 17, 2023
Stakeholder collaboration and cooperation key to past successes and the future of China’s ...

Stakeholder collaboration and cooperation key to past successes and the future of China’s ...

Manila, Philippines (October 16, 2023) – China’s high-tech rice industry is experiencing significant growth and holds promising prospects for the
October 17, 2023
IRRI reveals scientific breakthrough for low and ultra-low glycemic index rice

IRRI reveals scientific breakthrough for low and ultra-low glycemic index rice

Manila, Philippines (October 16, 2023) – In an effort to help curb the rising cases of diabetes globally, scientists from the International Rice
October 16, 2023
Indonesian farmers to adopt informed and improved farming with LKP2.0 launch

Indonesian farmers to adopt informed and improved farming with LKP2.0 launch

(JAKARTA, Indonesia, 9 October) - Layanan Konsultasi Padi (LKP) version 2.0 was officially launched on 9 October 2023 by the Director General of the
October 11, 2023
ASEAN and CGIAR to Launch Joint Program on Accelerating Innovation in Agri-Food Systems

ASEAN and CGIAR to Launch Joint Program on Accelerating Innovation in Agri-Food Systems

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional Program will be officially launched on October 4, 2023.
October 4, 2023
ASEAN-CGIAR Regional Program receives additional A$ 1 Million Australia funding

ASEAN-CGIAR Regional Program receives additional A$ 1 Million Australia funding

The Australian Government has announced additional funding of A$ 1 Million to the ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional
September 29, 2023
Former IRRI Director General M.S. Swaminathan passes away in India

Former IRRI Director General M.S. Swaminathan passes away in India

by Gene Hettel Two future World Food Prize Laureates, Dr. Swaminathan (1987) and Gurdev Khush (1996), confer in the IRRI rice research plots in
September 29, 2023
Optimizing fertilizer use to improve rice production in Indonesia, explored by IRRI and In...

Optimizing fertilizer use to improve rice production in Indonesia, explored by IRRI and In...

(BOGOR, Indonesia, 19 September) - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is committed to optimizing the use of fertilizer in rice
September 27, 2023
International crop science conference tackled various applications of genomics and bioinfo...

International crop science conference tackled various applications of genomics and bioinfo...

POHANG, South Korea (September 18, 2023) - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Handong Global University (HGU), the University of the
September 19, 2023
IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empo...

IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empo...

Photo caption: Together with women farmers in Odisha, India, Dr. Swati visited a field site to validate germplasms recommended by the national
September 19, 2023
Exploring the potential of saline water irrigation as a climate change adaptation measure

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
September 13, 2023
Increasing rice yields by scaling mDSR in Cambodia discussed in IPSR workshop

Increasing rice yields by scaling mDSR in Cambodia discussed in IPSR workshop

25 August 2023, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) conducted a workshop on Innovation Packaging and Scaling Readiness (IPSR) on 25
September 12, 2023