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 welcomes Lydia Murimi as Head of Business Development April 29, 2026 April 27, 2026 Bangladesh’s new agriculture minister signals push for next-generation rice as partnership with IRRI deepens April 27, 2026 IRRI trains frontline extension staff to support climate-smart farming in Eastern Uttar Pradesh April 24, 2026 Building the evidence for low-emission rice production: Exploring the findings over the three years of the REMET-Rice Project April 24, 2026 Mekong Delta’s Low-Emission Rice Program Surpasses Targets, Sets New Standards for Sustainable Production All News Country - Any -AfricaBangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesSouth AsiaThailandMalaysiaVietnamSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaAmericasEurope Date Published Min Max Search 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 Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative builds learning alliance to address climate change issues in ... To form a learning alliance that has an interest to address climate-related issues in the Mekong Delta of Cambodia, the CGIAR Initiative on Securing November 2, 2022 UPLB Chancellor and IRRI DG meet to revitalize ties amid establishment of new flagship res... The 60-year partnership between the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is set to be October 26, 2022 International crop science conference tackled how to innovate to offer solutions for food ... (SEOUL, South Korea, 18 October 2022) – Innovation in crop science research became front and center in the international event organized to mark the October 18, 2022 Cluster-based Farmer Field School in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh: improv... By Manoranjan Kumar Mondal, Mary Ann Batas, Muhammad Humayoun Kabir, and Sudhir Yadav Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in rice using Green September 30, 2022 Mainstreaming rice straw circular economy in Vietnam To promote rice straw circular economy in Vietnam, the international Rice Research Institute (IRRI), together with the Can Tho Department of September 27, 2022 Vietnam’s first ‘AGRITECHNICA ASIA Live’: An International Success CAN THO, Vietnam, September 1, 2022) - Almost 4,000 attendees; 80 companies with machinery demonstrations and displays from tillage and sowing to September 22, 2022 How to make rice production more sustainable in Bangladesh? Researchers identified sustainable crop production models and technologies that farmers and researchers in Bangladesh can adopt to revolutionize their September 20, 2022 SpeedBreed: A crop breeding center built for speed The time it takes to develop new varieties of economically important crops like rice, wheat and maize is not fast enough to keep up with the demand in September 19, 2022 ASEAN-CGIAR regional program being submitted to the 44th AMAF meet After being successfully presented at the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) in August, September 14, 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 32 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up