Dr. Arvind Kumar receives the award from Minister of State for Agriculture Molhanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya (in deep khaki Nehru jacket).Arvind Kumar, IRRI senior scientist, received the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences 2014 from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) during the celebration of ICAR's...

Sentinel-1A, a radar imaging satellite, is an important tool for rice mapping and monitoring. It can provide detailed information on Asia’s rice...

Dr. Pulver is a scientist with a global mission:  improve farmers’ lives by raising crop yields. His accomplishments range from increasing Peru’s...

Science-based improvements in agricultural technology have contributed significantly—across two Green Revolutions—to alleviating hunger and poverty...

Many countries have greatly benefited from the agricultural technology developed at IRRI with the support of traditional donors. In recent decades, India...

In 2001 Dr. Vergara was conferred the title National Scientist for his achievements in rice physiology, and promoting rice science and technology. It was...

  NAAS honors IRRI officials and welcomes them to the Fellowship on 5 June 2015 Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research...

In the new era of genomic research, “genome editing” technology has been developed, consisting of new tools that enable not only rapid alterations...

Opening of the Rice Culture of the Cordilleras photo exhibit. L-R: DA-CAR OIC Virgie Tapat; Cong. Teddy Baguilat, Jr.; IRRI DG Bob Zeigler; the artist, David Leprozo, Jr.; and IRRI head of external relations, Corinta Guerta.Heirloom rice varieties, mostly grown in the rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, are handed down from generation to generation and...

With increasing human population and decreasing agricultural land area, there is worldwide pressure to increase food production in remaining agricultural...