Author Archives: Alaric Santiaguel

The Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center has started testing 300 new high-yielding salt-tolerant rice varieties that can be potentially...

The Philippine Government is providing small subsistence farmers with free insurance coverage for various agricultural and non-agricultural assets through...

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up for implementation...

Researchers at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Rice Research Institute have mapped out genes that help in blast-disease resistance in...

“The objective is to improve IRRI’s impact profile. The idea is to move away from a project-by-project approach and provide accurate information...

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization launched the Rice Mechanization Component under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement...

Researchers at New York University have discovered how each gene in the rice genome senses and responds to combinations of water and nutrients. The genes...

The Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH announced the launch of a...

Colombia will have 60% less land suitable for rice production in about 30 years without significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according...

“Our vision is to be the center of excellence for rice breeding in the world. We want the world to look up to IRRI for what we create, offer, and...