Monthly Archives: April 2015

New Indian agricultural university and IRRI commit to building next generation of rice scientists

Hyderabad, India - Building the next generation of rice scientists is one of the main goals of a memorandum of agreement between the recently established...

South Asian officials and IRRI agree on broader partnership

Los Baños, Philippines - Secretary General Arjun Bahadur Thapa of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has invited the International...

India: Swarna-Sub1 hailed as a major innovation with great potential for helping rice farmers in flood-prone areas

Shri Radha Mohan Singh, the Indian Union Agriculture Minister, declared the flood-tolerant rice, Swarna-Sub1, as a major innovation with great...

Scientists from Asia and Africa attend rice crop simulation training

Twenty-one scientists from Japan, South Korea, Benin, India, and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are attending a training program for...

Philippines: CCARA holds workshop on using weather forecasting app to help rice farmers

An international workshop on a seasonal weather forecast–based decision support system was held to help farmers in rainfed rice production in Southeast...

AfricaRice’s genetic diversity and improvement expert is guest at Young Researcher’s Lunch

The Young Researchers' Lunch for April hosted Takashi Kumashiro, program leader for Genetic Diversity and Improvement at Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)....

Burundi: New research laboratories to support rice improvement program in sub-Saharan Africa

New research laboratories constructed at the International Rice Research Institute-East and Southern Africa (IRRI-ESA) regional office complex in Bujumbura...

Myanmar: Bogale and Mawlamyinegyun farmers receive training on improving the quality of their rice

The Learning Alliance team conducted training in grain quality assessment for about 30 farmers from different villages in Bogale and Mawlamyinegyun Townships...

Myanmar: Learning alliance introduces rice farmers to benefits of using flatbed dryer

About 30 farmers from various villages in Bogale and Mawlamyinegyun Townships participated in an activity comparing grain drying using the traditional...

Young aspiring scientists attend symposium on the impact of climate change on rice crop

More than 200 participants, mostly students taking up advanced classes in plant physiology and agronomy from the University of the Philippines Los Baños,...

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