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 Beyond the Burn: Why Solving Asia’s Rice Straw Crisis Demands Markets, Not Just Machines May 22, 2026 May 21, 2026 New Fertilizer Supply Chain Network Formed to Support Vietnam's 1-Million-Hectare Rice Program May 20, 2026 IRRI-TLL global workshop sets roadmap for rice microbiome research May 20, 2026 ‘Fertilize Right’ Project Showcases Digital and Precision Agriculture in Can Tho May 20, 2026 2026 ORYZA training workshop advances sustainable rice research through new user-friendly interface All News Country - Any -AfricaBangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesSouth AsiaThailandMalaysiaVietnamSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaAmericasEurope Date Published Min Max Search MAFF reaffirms support for international cooperation through One CGIAR and ASEAN 21 August 2021, Cambodia - Against the backdrop of COVID-19, governments in Southeast Asia are also challenged to ensure food security in a changing February 2, 2022 CGIAR centers IRRI and WorldFish win Global Food Systems Challenge 27 January 2022 ~ The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced the winners of its first-ever Seeding the January 31, 2022 Capacitating seed dealers and producers of Bangladesh in improved seed production and mar... M Ashraful Habib, Saidul Islam, and Swati Nayak The Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and International Rice Research January 19, 2022 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 37 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up
Beyond the Burn: Why Solving Asia’s Rice Straw Crisis Demands Markets, Not Just Machines May 22, 2026
