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Scaling Low-Emission Rice through Pilot Models that Showcase the Future of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta banner image
March 31, 2026

Scaling Low-Emission Rice through Pilot Models that Showcase the Future of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

Philippine partners strengthen capacity to detect Rice Yellowing Syndrome with support from IRRI banner image
March 31, 2026

Philippine partners strengthen capacity to detect Rice Yellowing Syndrome with support from IRRI

Japan and IRRI advance low-carbon rice systems through upgraded GHG measurement facility banner image
March 27, 2026

Japan and IRRI advance low-carbon rice systems through upgraded GHG measurement facility

Ready for lift-off: IRRI, Thailand’s Rice Department, and Kasetsart University gather around drones for low-emission rice and climate-smart agriculture banner image
March 27, 2026

Ready for lift-off: IRRI, Thailand’s Rice Department, and Kasetsart University gather around drones for low-emission rice and climate-smart agriculture

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Building women and youth capacity for resilient rice-based food systems in Nepal

Building women and youth capacity for resilient rice-based food systems in Nepal

Nepal’s rural youth are increasingly choosing employment in areas other than agriculture. Women, children, and elderly people are forced to work in
October 15, 2021
BSMRAU and IRRI train government and NGO staff to develop rice seed entrepreneurship among...

BSMRAU and IRRI train government and NGO staff to develop rice seed entrepreneurship among...

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) in Gazipur and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-Bangladesh
October 13, 2021
Dealing With The Pandemic: Women’s Organization In Odisha On The Frontline

Dealing With The Pandemic: Women’s Organization In Odisha On The Frontline

(Pre-COVID photo of women in Odisha, IRRI Archives (2018)) Refusing to be defeated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a women-led Farmer Producer Company
October 13, 2021
In South Asia, rethinking evidence generation and communication is key to sustainable, gen...

In South Asia, rethinking evidence generation and communication is key to sustainable, gen...

Evidence is critical for driving sustainable development, especially in South Asia where climate change, untethered urbanization and rapid population
October 1, 2021
IRRI lead scientist on Golden Rice recognized by Philippine plant science community

IRRI lead scientist on Golden Rice recognized by Philippine plant science community

The Crop Science Society of the Philippines (CSSP) recently presented the Achievement Award in Research to Dr. B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Senior
September 30, 2021
CORRA webinar shares opportunities in sustainable rice straw management

CORRA webinar shares opportunities in sustainable rice straw management

The Council for Partnership on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) recently hosted an online science webinar entitled “Rice Straw Management: Scaling GHG
September 27, 2021
Farmers in Haryana attend training on innovative technologies that conserve water and redu...

Farmers in Haryana attend training on innovative technologies that conserve water and redu...

(Photo: Principal, CCSHAU - Kaul Campus) More than 60 farmers attended an interactive participatory training on alternate wetting and drying (AWD)
September 24, 2021
Farmers in eastern Punjab attend training on direct-seeded rice technology to address wate...

Farmers in eastern Punjab attend training on direct-seeded rice technology to address wate...

(Photo: Dr. Buta Singh Dhillon, Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU Ludhiana) A team of progressive farmers from and around Ropar District in
September 24, 2021
Transforming South Asia’s Food Systems

Transforming South Asia’s Food Systems

        IRRI Regional Representative for South Asia Dr. Nafees Meah is the guest editor for the "Food Systems
September 22, 2021
Increasing prosperity of small and marginal farmers calls for strong collaboration between...

Increasing prosperity of small and marginal farmers calls for strong collaboration between...

A strong collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national agricultural research and extension system (NARES)
September 3, 2021
IRRI and Learn.Ink launch interactive digital course on site-specific nutrient management

IRRI and Learn.Ink launch interactive digital course on site-specific nutrient management

31 August 2021, Los Banos - IRRI’s Rice Crop Manager (RCM) team launched a free interactive, digital micro-course that enables agriculture extension
September 1, 2021
Agriculture scientists brainstorming session focuses on the climate-smart management of ri...

Agriculture scientists brainstorming session focuses on the climate-smart management of ri...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) conducted a
August 26, 2021
Cleaning up Delhi’s deadly fall smog requires an even greener revolution

Cleaning up Delhi’s deadly fall smog requires an even greener revolution

Jon Hellin and Sudhanshu Singh The Green Revolution in India, initiated in the 1960s with the introduction of new and high-yielding rice and wheat
August 17, 2021
IRRI signs new agreement with IUBAT to further research and academic collaboration for agr...

IRRI signs new agreement with IUBAT to further research and academic collaboration for agr...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the  International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) signed a
August 16, 2021
Vietnam wraps up National Food System Dialogues, stakeholders commit to food systems trans...

Vietnam wraps up National Food System Dialogues, stakeholders commit to food systems trans...

H.E Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh opening the 2nd National Dialogue on Vietnam Food System “The world is still combating hunger and
July 22, 2021