Unlocking rice gene diversity for food security
A new study published in the Nature journal opens the possibility to accelerate rice breeding to achieve food security for some of the world’s most vulnerable rice farmers. The groundbreaking...
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‘Wild’ genes open up opportunities for healthier, climate-smart rice
Los Baños, Philippines (30th January 2018) — The genome sequencing of seven wild rice varieties has finally been completed. This breakthrough is expected to provide opportunities for breeders...
Bayer partners with IRRI to advance technologies for direct-seeded rice in Asia
Singapore/Philippines, March 01, 2018 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Bayer have signed an agreement confirming Bayer’s participation in the Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC...
What the COVID-19 led Global Economic Recession could mean for Rice-Based Food Security in Asia
By Harold Glenn A. Valera, Jean Balié, and Valerien O. Pede An economic slowdown is now on the horizon due to the COVID-19 crisis. A recent World Bank report tells us that an economic slowdown in...
Global Hunger and Health Crises Exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic
The direct consequences of a novel disease outbreak like COVID19 are immediate and obvious: rising numbers of illnesses and deaths. But the world is also rapidly facing the secondary impacts, which...
Invitation to join the One CGIAR Common Board
CGIAR, as the world’s largest public research network on food systems, is undergoing a dynamic transformation. Emerging as One CGIAR, we are sharpening our mission and impact focus to 2030, in line...
Conservation agriculture key in meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals
by Allison Doody , CIMMYT An international team of scientists has provided a sweeping new analysis of the benefits of conservation agriculture for crop performance, water use efficiency, farmers’...
Policy Brief: Creating Sustainable Value Chains For Transforming Food Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting food value chains across South Asia. It is now recognized that food systems are at the nexus of food security, nutritional health, ecosystems, climate change, and...
Averting an agricultural crisis: Setting Food And Nutrition Systems right during Covid-19 times
by Nafees Meah, Prakashan Chellattan Veettil and Basanta Kumar Kar (Recipient of Global Nutrition Leadership Award and a Transform Nutrition Champion) The exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus has...
Is COVID19 a threat to the stability of rice price and supply?
by Jean Balié and Harold G. Valera As governments around the world are realizing the multiple connections between the COVID-19 health crisis and the global and local food systems, they are...
Partnership between IRRI and AgriPlex enhances genotyping support for rice breeders worldwide
Los Baños, Philippines, and Cleveland, USA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and AgriPlex Genomics have entered a partnership to combine AgriPlex’s NGS (Next Generation Sequencing)...
IRRI committed to working with partners, governments to ensure continued food and nutrition security amid COVID-19 outbreak
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across almost 200 countries and territories around the world, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) remains ready to help partners and governments keep...
IRRI, CCAFS, CCAC boost GHG mitigation in Vietnam to reach NDC targets
In Vietnam, rice is a dominant and important crop. Yet, traditional paddy rice production emits a significant amount of greenhouse gas (GHG), accounting for nearly 50% of the country’s agriculture...
IRRI inks MoU furthering research cooperation with Nepal’s Agriculture & Forestry University
14 February 2020, Kathmandu, Nepal – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Matthew Morell and Prof. Sharada Thapaliya, Vice-Chancellor of the Agriculture and Forestry...
Climate-smart, Drought-tolerant rice varieties for improved crop outputs for West Bengal farmers
Drought is one of the most widespread and damaging of all environmental stresses, affecting 23 million hectares of rainfed rice in South and Southeast Asia alone. Rice is normally grown during...