Author Archives: Adriana Varón Molina
MARD Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh and IRRI Director General Robert Zeigler, during the opening of the 1st MARD-CGIAR Coordination Meeting in Hanoi (6 November 2015).HANOI, Vietnam – Seeking stronger complementarity in their joint research for development programs, leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam and the 10 CGIAR centers...
IRRI, in partnership with the HealthServ Medical Center, and the Municipality of Los Baños provided free medical service for residents of Los Baños who are 60 and over.One hundred fifty seniors from 14 barangays received free medicine, vitamins, laboratory tests (urinalysis, bone scanning, cholesterol scanning, and random blood sampling), and health care counseling from...
IRRI, through its partnerships and transport offices, turned over three vehicles to the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) and a car to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).DA-BAR Administrative and Finance Division Head Roberto S. Quing, Jr. and PhilRice Acting Branch Director Diego Ramos visited IRRI to accept the vehicles....
Agricultural extension workers (AEWs) who help in the delivery of research results to farmers were trained to use different knowledge resources in rice farming in a seminar held at the Provincial Capitol of La Union, San Fernando City on 3 November 2015.IRRI Training Center’s Lauro Atienza gave a presentation on the Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) and Rice Doctor (RD). RKB...
The Young Researchers' Lunch for October hosted Robert Zeigler. Zeigler has been the director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for the last 10+ years—the second longest tenure after Robert Chandler. As DG, he sets the institute’s strategic direction and he has also been a passionate spokesperson on a wide range of issues that affect rice...
Tom Clemeno, fondly called Tom C, has served IRRI for more than 34 years.Tom Clemeno, agriculturist and former manager (1998-2010) of the Experiment Station (ES) of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), passed away at age 59 on 27 October 2015. Tom served at IRRI for more than 34 years in different capacities starting as a research aide in 1984....
Dr. Robert Zeigler, IRRI director general, Ms. Corinta Guerta, IRRI director for external relations, and Ms.Rose Dong-Chong Hsiou, deputy director general of the Department of International Affairs, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan discuss joint activities at the review and planning meeting for the new collaborative program on 27-29 October at IRRI Headquarters. Taiwan...
