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, CGIAR Promote Women’s Leadership at GCWAS2026; Initiatives Win Recognition April 1, 2026 March 31, 2026 Scaling Low-Emission Rice through Pilot Models that Showcase the Future of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta March 31, 2026 Philippine partners strengthen capacity to detect Rice Yellowing Syndrome with support from IRRI March 27, 2026 Japan and IRRI advance low-carbon rice systems through upgraded GHG measurement facility 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 All News Country - Any -AfricaBangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesSouth AsiaThailandMalaysiaVietnamSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaAmericasEurope Date Published Min Max Search IRRI welcomes new Board of Trustees’ Chair and Vice-Chair Following the successful terms of IRRI Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Jim Godfrey and Vice-Chair Kaye Basford, IRRI welcomed new Chair Dr. Suthad May 20, 2021 Vietnam’s MARD minister calls on promotion of climate-smart practices to reduce GHG emissi... 26 April 2021 - Mr. Le Minh Hoan, Leader of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), gave a statement to the 1st Round Table of May 10, 2021 Inclusive, Sustainable Rice System to Improve East Africa’s Food and Income Security Nairobi, May 6, 2021 - Major players from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia will discuss key topics surrounding the rice value chain in East Africa in a bid May 7, 2021 Initial peer-reviewed publications of Golden Rice biosafety data completed The first series of peer-reviewed publications on the GR2E Golden Rice field trial data are now available in Nature Scientific Reports and Frontiers March 29, 2021 MARD organizes priority setting workshop for NDC implementation in Vietnam’s rice sector 26 March 2021, Ha Noi, Vietnam — the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held the first workshop in support of planning the March 29, 2021 IRRI SARC Celebrates International Women's Day 2021 09 March, Varanasi, India --- 25 women farmers from Eastern Uttar Pradesh visited the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) for training and March 24, 2021 WOMEN OF RAKHINE: Agents of Change Ma Sandar Hlaing and Daw Thein Phyu are women farmers from Rakhine State, a region situated in the Western coast of Myanmar and known to be one of its March 19, 2021 WOMEN OF RAKHINE: Knowledge leads to Agency Knowledge and technology have provided many sectors ways to advance to enhance output and quality of life. Agriculture, for instance, has progressed March 17, 2021 IRRI South Asia Regional Centre holds 4th Coordination Committee Meeting 13 March 2021 ~ Established in 2018 by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as a hub for key research and capacity building March 16, 2021 The potential for rice sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa and opportunities for wome... OpEd for International Women's Day 2021 Globally, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region most at risk for food insecurity and is largely March 12, 2021 Swiss Ambassador to PH meets with IRRI to discuss opportunities for collaboration 09 March 2021 ~ Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to the Philippines H.E. Alain Gaschen and his delegation made a “virtual” visit to IRRI to learn March 11, 2021 How heavy is the sky? Addressing the inequity and challenges of women in agri-food systems 11 March 2021 OpEd for International Women's Day 2021 I. The burden of holding up half the sky The Chinese saying goes, “Women March 11, 2021 Why empowering women in agriculture is essential to global food security OpEd - The age of agriculture is truly a milestone that forever changed the history of humankind. Prior to agriculture, our ancestors gathered, March 9, 2021 International group of researchers from the USA, UK, and the Philippines receives BBSRC-NS... Researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Arizona in the USA, University of Liverpool and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics March 6, 2021 Komboka rice variety takes spotlight in field day 24 February 2020, Kisumu, Kenya --- The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization March 1, 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 39 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up
