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 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 New research project to develop salt- and flood-tolerant rice for Africa within five years Rice feeds 3.5 billion people globally, and provides up to 20% of the world’s daily calorie consumption. However, climate change is threatening the December 10, 2020 Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West... (Photo credit: Trade for Development News) by Aminou Arouna, Guillaume Soullier, Patricio Mendez del Villar and Matty Demont According to December 4, 2020 Protecting plants, protecting people: CGIAR germplasm health units launch phytosanitary se... The Germplasm Health Units (GHUs) of various CGIAR centers have come together to organize a global seminar series for the GHU’s International November 25, 2020 Japan and IRRI discuss strengthened cooperation for agriculture sector in Cambodia and SEA... 19 November 2020, Phnom Penh ~ A meeting between Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia and the Southeast Asian Representative of the International Rice November 24, 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 41 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up
