Monthly Archives: February 2018

The food-water-energy nexus: Using gravity drainage to intensify production systems in the coastal zone of Bangladesh

Community coordination to manage sluice gates is an important factor for the intensification of polders. (Photo: IRRI) Sustained economic growth, the quality...

VICTAM Asia 2018, Asia’s largest dedicated feed and grain exhibit, March 27-29 in Bangkok, Thailand

PRESS RELEASE VICTAM Asia 2018 will be organized from 27- 29 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The exhibition and conferences will be held once again at...

Research to improve water-use efficiency in rice

IRRI and its partners will continue to develop water-saving technologies to improve the livelihoods of rice farmers and their communities, particularly...

From invisible farm women to agri-preneurs

Through self-help groups, rural women are witnessing changes in their role in the agricultural sector: from “invisible” farm laborers to entrepreneurs....

A tool that tracks and stops bacterial blight outbreaks in rice

A new, faster, and more accurate way of identifying infectious organisms—down to their genetic fingerprint—could finally put farmers a step ahead of...

Understanding the grain yield limitation and instability of aerobic rice

Do rice plants have a wild adaptive trait that is counterproductive to aerobic cropping systems?  ...

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