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Sustainable rice production project wraps up nearly a decade of high-impact research-for-development activities Sustainable rice production project wraps up nearly a decade of high-impact research-for-development activities November 11, 2020 Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) tackled many serious challenges to agriculture...Read More
In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1985 In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1985 November 11, 2020 The CGIAR study showed striking increases in rice production as a result of the collaboration between IRRI...Read More
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