Monthly Archives: October 2016

The brains and brawn behind IR8

Dr. Robert Chandler was appointed by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to be IRRI’s first director general and charged with a mission to develop...

Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words

This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf rice variety that changed agriculture across Asia,...

IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research

As “Royal Patron” of IRRI, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej shared with the rice research community his knowledge and championship of global...

Farmer-focused training improves seed production knowledge of extension workers in Odisha

CUTTACK, India—A farmer-focused and market-driven rice seed production training for extension workers, non-governmental organizations representatives,...

A tribute to the Rice King

Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic support—His Majesty the King of Thailand is a monarch who genuinely...

Digital genes

An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose from hundreds of thousands of genetic materials in the...

Extension workers take part in expanding the Philippine rice information network

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Agricultural extension workers are crucial in disseminating information and providing recommendations to increase the productivity...

Empowering women farmers in the polder communities of Bangladesh

When women are empowered, their families, children, the next generation, and their communities are empowered, too. ...

Laser land leveling introduced to Indonesia’s tidal swamp areas to boost rice productivity

Farmers, extension workers, and students in Palembang learn firsthand the basic of laser land leveling. (Photo by R. Quilloy) SOUTH SUMATRA, Indonesia—“Now,...

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