Monthly Archives: June 2015

New app involves farmers in investment decisions in rice breeding

Investment Game Application (IGA), a new tablet app, helps farmers in South and Southeast Asia participate in an “investment market” for public rice...

NFA and IRRI partner on improving rice quality

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna - The National Food Authority (NFA) signed earlier today (5 June 2015) a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Rice...

Philippines: Rice Survivor Season 4 ends, top team reaps over 7 tons per hectare

The 4th Rice Survivor challenge wrapped up for the dry rice-cropping season with Rice4Titans, the winning team, harvesting 7.01 tons per hectare (in terms of yield per hectare). The other teams harvested between 5-6 tons per hectare.The Rice Survivor is open to any staff member of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) who is up for the challenge of getting up...

India must use science-based improvements to improve agriculture

Science-based improvements in agricultural technology have been at the forefront of alleviating hunger and poverty. The first Green Revolution that started...

Philippines: Symposium held on long-term sustainability of irrigated rice farming

By Finbarr HorganLEGATO and BioLuz, two projects focusing on sustainable land use, held a symposium to present the progress of their respective activities...

Myanmar: IRRI inaugurates second office in Yezin

Front row, from left: DAR Director General U Ye Tint Tun, Agriculture and Irrigation Minister U Myint Hlaing, and IRRI Director General Robert...

Myanmar agriculture and irrigation minister opens second IRRI office in Yezin

Agriculture and Irrigation Minister U Myint Hlaing inaugurated a second office of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), bolstering further...

Rice research benefits farmers, deserves long-term support – DA chief

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Filipino rice farmers are poised to gain even more from government efforts to help increase rice productivity as Philippine...

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