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

October 25, 2016 2098

This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf...

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IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research

IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research

October 21, 2016 1748

As “Royal Patron” of IRRI, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej shared with the rice research community his...

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Farmer-focused training improves seed production knowledge of extension workers in Odisha

Farmer-focused training improves seed production knowledge of extension workers in Odisha

October 20, 2016 1644

CUTTACK, India—A farmer-focused and market-driven rice seed production training for extension workers, non-governmental organizations representatives, and seed...

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A tribute to the Rice King

A tribute to the Rice King

October 15, 2016 4642

Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic...

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Digital genes

Digital genes

October 12, 2016 3022

An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...

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Extension workers take part in expanding the Philippine rice information network

Extension workers take part in expanding the Philippine rice information network

October 6, 2016 1574

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Agricultural extension workers are crucial in disseminating information and providing recommendations to increase the productivity...

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Empowering women farmers in the polder communities of Bangladesh

Empowering women farmers in the polder communities of Bangladesh

October 5, 2016 2012

When women are empowered, their families, children, the next generation, and their communities are empowered, too.

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Laser land leveling introduced to Indonesia’s tidal swamp areas to boost rice productivity

Laser land leveling introduced to Indonesia’s tidal swamp areas to boost rice productivity

October 5, 2016 2171

SOUTH SUMATRA, Indonesia—“Now, I and my fellow students who came here can better help our parents in...

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Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers

Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers

September 26, 2016 1947

A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the...

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More Myanmar rice farmers are trying improved technologies to reduce postharvest losses

More Myanmar rice farmers are trying improved technologies to reduce postharvest losses

September 22, 2016 2232

LETPADAN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar –A project that improves the productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice systems continues to...

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