From Seed Growers to Seed Entrepreneurs: The Puintala Story

From Seed Growers to Seed Entrepreneurs: The Puintala Story

October 7, 2026 1086

by Swati Nayak, Mosharaf Hossain, Dillip Kumar Rout, Devi Prasad Mahapatra, and Myrtel Anne Valenzuela Access to...

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Beyond common variation: How rare haplotypes could unlock the next generation of rice breeding

Beyond common variation: How rare haplotypes could unlock the next generation of rice breeding

September 28, 2026 691

What new research reveals about rare genetic variation and how breeders can put it to work By...

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Innovation Insights to South-South Scaling: Tanzania and Bangladesh Share the Journey of Institutionalizing SeedCast

Innovation Insights to South-South Scaling: Tanzania and Bangladesh Share the Journey of Institutionalizing SeedCast

September 24, 2026 799

By Swati Nayak, Sk Mosharaf Hossain, Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Ndomondo, Martin, and Ajay Panchbhai , Myrtel Anne...

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From Farm Waste to Farmer Wealth: A Rice-Straw Business Story

From Farm Waste to Farmer Wealth: A Rice-Straw Business Story

September 23, 2026 447

By transforming agricultural waste into mushrooms, compost, and low-emission rice production, Mr. Dong Van Canh and the...

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Building Bangladesh’s climate-smart rice future from the seed up

Building Bangladesh’s climate-smart rice future from the seed up

September 10, 2026 1185

By Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Nuruzzaman, Saidul Islam, Sharif Ahmed, Sk Mosharraf Hossain, Swati Nayak, and Myrtel Anne...

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Collaborative breeding and the Trait Factory: A new approach to rice breeding

Collaborative breeding and the Trait Factory: A new approach to rice breeding

September 8, 2026 1035

By Dr. Michael Quinn, Dr. John Damien Platten, and Myrtel Anne G. Valenzuela A new challenge for...

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Mechanized Direct Seeded Rice & Fertilizer Deep Placement for Vietnam’s Low-Emission Rice

Mechanized Direct Seeded Rice & Fertilizer Deep Placement for Vietnam’s Low-Emission Rice

September 7, 2026 1864

By integrating precision direct-seeding machinery with supportive national policy and cooperative training, IRRI and Vietnamese partners scaled...

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Empowering women-led seed enterprises through Orange Bonds, a financial instrument in Bangladesh

Empowering women-led seed enterprises through Orange Bonds, a financial instrument in Bangladesh

September 3, 2026 1192

Innovative gender-responsive finance could help women entrepreneurs scale seed businesses, strengthen climate resilience, and improve access to...

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New market intelligence can help support Ethiopia’s rice strategy

New market intelligence can help support Ethiopia’s rice strategy

September 1, 2026 874

By Glenn Concepcion In Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation, agricultural transformation is no longer a luxury...

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New genetic discovery holds promise of broad-spectrum defense against rice’s deadliest pathogen

New genetic discovery holds promise of broad-spectrum defense against rice’s deadliest pathogen

August 26, 2026 2098

By Glenn Concepcion Rice blast, triggered by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, remains one of the most formidable threats to global food...

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