Dr. Robert Chandler was appointed by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to be IRRI’s first director general...
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Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words
Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words
This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf...
As “Royal Patron” of IRRI, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej shared with the rice research community his...
CUTTACK, India—A farmer-focused and market-driven rice seed production training for extension workers, non-governmental organizations representatives, and seed...
Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic...
An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Agricultural extension workers are crucial in disseminating information and providing recommendations to increase the productivity...
When women are empowered, their families, children, the next generation, and their communities are empowered, too.
SOUTH SUMATRA, Indonesia—“Now, I and my fellow students who came here can better help our parents in...
A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the...
