Monthly Archives: March 2015

Awarding of the second batch of Global Rice Science Scholarships cancelled

The second round of awarding of Global Rice Science Scholarships (GRiSS) under the Global Rice Research Partnership (GRiSP) of the CGIAR has been cancelled because of lack of funding.  The GRiSS was offered to students enrolled in or are to conduct their PhD research. Early 2015, 402 applications for GRiSS were screened and selected candidates were to be announced...

IRRI-ESA regional coordinator joins the Young Researchers’ Lunch

The Young Researchers' Lunch for March hosted Joseph Bigirimana, a plant pathologist and IRRI's regional coordinator for East and Southern Africa (ESA). Dr....

“We are interested in having a special relationship with IRRI because rice is important to us” – senior Indian official

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna - Hon. Shri R. Rajagopal, additional secretary of India’s Department of Agriculture, Research, and Education visited the International...

RMQA-RDM training team concludes this year’s 1st RDM 101

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Risk Management and Quality Assurance Research Data Management (RMQA-RDM) training team concluded...

C4 Rice Center interns win top prize at 2015 UST Pharmacy Research Expo

Gericho Soriano and Mau Tanaka won the top prize for their scientific poster at the recently held 2015 UST Pharmacy Research Expo. Mr. Soriano and...

Tripura farmers welcome the release of drought-tolerant rice varieties

Thousands of farmers in drought-prone Tripura Province welcome the release of 16 new varieties of various crops, including nine rice varieties for...

IRRI Training Center conducts workshop on effective scientific communication

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Training Center conducted a workshop to help scientists and researchers develop their skills in communicating...

Bangladesh MP and agriculture officials visit IRRI

Hon. Chhabi Biswas, Member of Parliament of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and a delegation from Bangladesh’s Ministry of Agriculture  visited...

Philippines: IRRI and Army General Hospital hold medical mission for indigent families in host community

The Partnerships Office of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) with the support of the Army General Hospital medical personnel headed by Dr. Mary Agnes C. Motril, held a medical mission at Brgy. Sto. Domingo, Bay, Laguna, on 27 February. The mission provided free medical check-up for nearly 250 indigent families consisting of around a thousand individuals,...

UPLB honors its best

IRRI joins 106th Foundation Day rites The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) recognized the best and brightest from among the UPLB...

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