News Our impact goes beyond rice Discover the latest updates and impactful stories from IRRI’s work around the world. IRRI NewsEventsMedia Center Home News & Events News Highlights IRRI releases four rice varieties in DRC August 15, 2025 August 12, 2025 New rice gene variant boosts yield under drought—IRRI August 8, 2025 Cultivating Healthy Soil for High-Quality Rice: A Modern Farmer's Guide August 7, 2025 CGIAR Asia tripartite partnership appoints new Director of Ethics and Business Conduct August 5, 2025 RR2P 2025: Connecting Global Perspectives with Ground-Level Realities in Rice Science All News Country - Any -BangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesThailandMalaysiaVietnamAfricaSouth AsiaSoutheast AsiaEast Asia Date Published Min Max Search IRRI Director General’s visit in Burundi underlines the need to foster collaboration betwe... To strengthen the partnership between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Burundi, IRRI Director General Dr. Jean Balié visited the December 21, 2022 IRRI leads capacity activities for CGIAR Seed Equal for rice in Africa Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), in collaboration with the CGIAR Seed Equal Africa team and local partners, held December 21, 2022 26th Annual CORRA Meeting Highlights the Importance of Rice for Global Food Security The annual meeting of IRRI, NARES partners and officials emphasized that strengthening the partnership among the network in rice-based December 20, 2022 Excellence in Agronomy highlights mechanized direct seeding in annual meeting Banner Photo: Participants of the Excellence in Agronomy’s (EiA) annual meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 30 November 2022, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: December 15, 2022 Advanta Seeds visit IRRI HQ to explore more potential collaborations Last December 5-7, a delegation from Advanta Seeds from India and the Philippines visited IRRI Headquarters to explore potential areas of December 14, 2022 IRRl engages with Indonesian govt, leading telecom company for Rice Crop Manager Project To support Indonesian rice farmers with science-based decision-making and help contribute to the Indonesian government’s goal for rural prosperity, December 13, 2022 Building a Learning Alliance for Living Labs in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta A collaboration between the CGIAR Initiatives on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+), a Learning Alliance for Living December 12, 2022 NARES-CGIAR Global Networks adapt Breeding Program Modernization in Asia and Sub-Saharan A... Meeting the goals of food security while addressing the threat of climate change requires a profound transformation in rice-based agriculture systems December 6, 2022 Seed Equal launches in Mekong Delta with climate-resilient rice seed production workshop Can Tho City, Vietnam ~ OneCGIAR-IRRI launched its new global initiative Seed Equal- Delivering Genetic Gains to Farmers Fields Initiative in December 2, 2022 One Rice Breeding Network and Crop Tour 2022 in India create a unified understanding, comm... Various breeding trials are in place across India and have been happening for years as part of network-based germplasm-sharing and testing efforts. As December 1, 2022 Promoting Agricultural Transition in Asian Mega-Deltas To highlight the lessons learned, challenges ahead, and recommendations that could be taken into account for agricultural transformations in the Asian December 1, 2022 Pres. Marcos makes historic trip to IRRI to discuss how IRRI innovations and technologies ... On 29 November 2022, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna November 29, 2022 New countries from Asia and the Pacific join Seeds Without Borders Initiative (Thimphu, Bhutan, 23 November 2022) – During the two-day workshop on “Seeds Without Borders,” nine countries from Asia and the Pacific signed an November 23, 2022 Discovering pathways to gender-inclusive digital innovations 9 November 2022, Bhubaneswar: As part of its recently launched research for development (R4D) initiative on digital innovation, CGIAR organized a two November 23, 2022 AMAF endorses ASEAN-CGIAR agri-food systems regional program (Vientiane, LAOS) – As part of the efforts to help make ASEAN agri-food systems more resilient to climate change and fit for purpose in delivering November 9, 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 23 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up