Incoming Director General Matthew Morell proudly waves the IRRI flag after receiving it from outgoing Director General Robert Zeigler and IRRI Board Chair Emerlinda Roman. In stirring rites held early Friday afternoon at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Matthew Morell took over the reins as the...
Monthly Archives: December 2015
DA Sec believes Filipino farmers can be more productive and competitive with the right public and private sector supportMakati City, Philippines - By 2017, the domestic rice market could be flooded with imports from other ASEAN countries. Under the ASEAN Integration 2015, the region will be transformed into a single market. There will be free movement of goods, services,...
Los Baños, Philippines - The Young Researchers' Lunch for December hosted Marco Wopereis. Wopereis is currently Deputy Director General and Director of Research for Development of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), positions he has held since November 2007. He is succeeding J.D.H Keatinge as Director General of AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center in Taiwan.Wopereis...
Los Baños, Philippines -The objective of continuous improvement in farm operations of the Experiment Station is top priority for James Quilty, head of the Experiment Station (ES). In collaboration with the IRRI Training Center and the Postharvest Unit, nine staff members of the IRRI Experiment Station consisting of mechanics, operators, and field supervisors, attended...
Los Baños, Philippines - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michele Weldon as head of partnerships and development.In this role, Weldon will work with the Partnerships Officeand relevant IRRI staff in strengthening the institute’s relations with the national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES)...
The collaborative projects, that include the Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA), promoting stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) through demonstrations by IRRI and the Department of Agriculture (DoA) of Uttar Pradesh, India, held its review and planning meeting at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 6 November 2015.Around 50 participants, including implementing...
Los Baños, Laguna – An external review of CORIGAP—a project working on closing rice yield gaps through environmentally sustainable means—evaluated the key outcomes and the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of its research and collaboration in six Southeast Asian countries during the first 3 years of implementation.According to Ian Willet, one...
