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 The line of defense against the transboundary spread of pests and diseases Plant improvement has always been an important component of food production and security. However, the impacts of climate change—higher temperatures, March 1, 2021 CG centres have a clear role to play, says Bangladesh agriculture minister Bangladesh agriculture minister Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque has called upon the CGIAR centres to strengthen their support for the development of February 25, 2021 Vietnam expands CS-MAP program after successful implementation in Mekong Delta The Winter-Spring rice crop of 2019-2020 was a successful harvest in the Mekong River Delta (MRD), Vietnam despite the most severe salinity intrusion February 18, 2021 Collective Action for a Sustainable Future: Working Together to Transform Asian Mega-Delt... For thousands of years, hundreds of millions of people have lived their lives and earned their living within Asia’s mega-deltas, global food baskets February 12, 2021 Agriculture Department and IRRI set the Philippine rice research roadmap for the next 5 ye... The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have identified research agenda that will guide the February 11, 2021 Stopping climate change from silently crippling the core of our food system We tend to paint the impact of climate change using big, brash strokes: jacked-up storm systems with terrifyingly violent winds, vast fields February 8, 2021 New CARDI director cites IRRI’s role in making Cambodia a rice-exporting country Phnom Penh, 2 February 2021 – Mr. Lor Bunna, the new CARDI director of the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), received February 4, 2021 CORRA virtually convenes members for 24th Annual Meeting During its 24th Annual Meeting held online on 20 November 2020, the Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) reaffirmed its support January 25, 2021 Vietnam adopts pre-emptive measures in the Mekong River Delta against El Niño With the proper agro-climatic advisory and planning system, 600,000 hectares of rice was planted earlier in Vietnam to avoid salinity intrusion January 21, 2021 Determination and Resilience amid COVID-19 Uncertainty The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) The COVID-19 pandemic has made generating income and access to food far more difficult for January 11, 2021 IRRI Announces New Leadership at IRRI SARC The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) announced last week the appointment of Dr. Sudhanshu Singh as the new Director of IRRI South Asia January 4, 2021 New Report about America and International Scientific Engagement: Lessons & Recommendation... The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently released a new publication, America and the Future of International Science, that presents the December 22, 2020 Equality and Technology are Central to Sustainable Global Food Security The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a brutal truth: while global agricultural markets remained stable with production levels even reaching an all-time December 22, 2020 Vietnam thanks IRRI for contribution to VnSAT, increasing rice productivity and income for... 15 December 2020, Hà Nội, Vietnam ~ During the wrap-up workshop of the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) consultancy to the Vietnam December 18, 2020 Innovation key to sustainable intensification of polder agriculture in coastal Bangladesh Above image: Farmers in a southern coastal polder in Bangladesh using machine transplanting. The International Rice Research Institute December 15, 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 40 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up