Masa Iwanaga
Member
Building Climate Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh through Scalable Rice-Based Innovations
June 4, 2025
IRRI Experts Highlight Climate-Smart Innovations for Food Security at Gobeshona Global Conference 2025
June 2, 2025
What We Do
Our Commitment
IRRI tackles the world’s most critical challenges to drive sustainable development and support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our Solutions
Combining science and innovation to deliver a portfolio of demand-driven solutions at the nexus of climate, food, and nature.
Enhance Food Security
Strengthen rice-based food systems for efficiency, sustained productivity, and affordability.
Strengthen Nutritional Security
Integrate more nutritious rice and rice-based products into diets with products that consumers love.
Catalyze Climate Resilience
Increase rice-based food-systems’ resilience in the face of climate change and extreme weather events through climate adaptation and mitigation.
Expand Market-Driven Supply
Expand and adapt rice production to meet evolving consumer demands in export and value-driven markets.
Combat Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases
Develop and scale healthier, affordable ride products to reduce the incidence of non-communicable diseases.
Accelerate Tech Transfer
Establish global and South-South pathways to scale breakthrough innovation for rice-based food systems.
Alice Laborte
Senior Scientist II - Geospatial Scientist