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 Field Trials in Vietnam Point to Stronger, Climate-Ready Varieties September 15, 2025 September 4, 2025 OneRicePH: 25 new rice lines moving closer to Filipino farmers’ fields September 4, 2025 BARC and IRRI chart roadmap to scale agricultural innovations in Bangladesh September 4, 2025 IRRI hosts BMRP Indonesia for strategic meetings and writeshop on Rice Crop Manager September 3, 2025 Digital tools offer economic boost to Vietnamese farmers All News Country - Any -AfricaBangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesSouth AsiaThailandMalaysiaVietnamSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaAmericasEurope Date Published Min Max Search Climate smart rice-based systems to play a crucial role in enhancing climate-resilient agr... A newly launched project will work with smallholder women and men farmers in three districts in Odisha to promote the diversification of rice-based January 19, 2022 Training women groups to build a self-reliant quality seed system in Eastern India Swati Nayak*; Kuntal Das**, Sarvesh Shukla*** The vision canvas In rural India, the involvement of women in agriculture for their livelihood is January 18, 2022 Field trial shows opportunity for Filipino rice farmers to plant premium japonica rice var... Based on the successful field trials of new japonica rice varieties developed to thrive in tropical countries like the Philippines, local farmers have January 14, 2022 Accelerating financial inclusion of women in agri-food systems: What works? Avni Mishra, Ranjitha Puskur, Linda Etale One cannot refute the contribution women provide to the agriculture sector where they constitute 43% of January 4, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates IRRI’s newly built Speed Breeding Facility 23 December 2021 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated IRRI’s new state-of-the-art Speed Breeding (SpeedBreed) Facility on 23 December 2021. The December 23, 2021 IRRI, ISARC head recognized for contributions to Indian agronomy at 5th International Agro... The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Director of the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) Dr. Sudhanshu Singh were both honored December 2, 2021 25th CORRA meeting affirms increased collaboration between member countries and One CGIAR,... Composed of national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) from 16 Asian countries alongside the International Rice Research Institute November 29, 2021 Towards greater production efficiency: IRRI-PhilRice WateRice project conducts webinar on ... 12 November 2021 - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), through the Water-efficient and November 23, 2021 IRRI plans massive black rice production in Assam 19 November 2021 - India being a predominantly rice producing nation, has a plethora of varieties, each having different nutritional properties, November 19, 2021 Bangladesh Rural Development Academy and IRRI train women farmers to be seed entrepreneurs The Rural Development Academy (RDA)-Bogura in Bangladesh and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organized a workshop that strengthens November 19, 2021 CCAFS Southeast Asia Completes With Resounding Success and Minister’s Award for Valuable C... Building a climate-smart agriculture sector in Southeast Asia After its successful ten-year run in the region, the CGIAR Research Program on November 10, 2021 Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Maps and Adaptation Plans (CS-MAP) in Vietnam’s Policy Framewo... To integrate Climate-Smart Maps and Adaptation Plans (CS-MAP) in the policy framework of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD November 10, 2021 Crowd-sourcing research priorities for better delta futures – your chance to contribute Andy Large - Director of Living Deltas Bjoern Ole Sander - CGIAR Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative, IRRI Monday 8th November 2021 marks Adaptation November 9, 2021 Arsenic-safe rice earns IRRI finalist status in global food systems challenge In October 2021, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was announced as one of the top four finalists in the inaugural Seeding The Future November 8, 2021 Nestlé Indonesia and IRRI team up to reduce the carbon footprint of Indonesian rice produc... Jakarta, 28 October 2021 – Nestlé Indonesia recently inked a partnership with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a member of the CGIAR November 2, 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 29 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up