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University of Illinois researchers has developed a new model that provides a database to estimate location-specific greenhouse gases emissions from agri-food systems. The model could help identify the primary agri-food sectors contributing to CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions and allow researchers...

Investment, innovation, and empowering the world’s most vulnerable populations are required to establish a rice production system that adapts to climate...

This study presents a number of policy implications that should be considered by every rice-producing country. It strongly suggests that policies should...

Persuading farmers to try out and consequently adopt new practices is challenging. Adoption rates of CSA practices in Indonesia are low. Increasingly,...

It started with five seed minikits in 2013. Today, more than 75% of the farmers in Katindol Village are growing Swarna-Sub1. ...

With her crop surviving nearly two weeks of submergence and recovering from an intense flood,  Mrs. Devi had every reason to smile and be proud of her...

Is it possible to sequester carbon in rice soils while reducing greenhouse gas emissions? What are the trade-offs and synergies between soil organic carbon...

Soil has an immense potential in reducing the concentration of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere by storing it. IRRI-OUAT collaborative project on climate-smart...

Sustainable soil management is an integral part of sustainable land management as well as a basis for addressing poverty eradication, agricultural and...

IRRI has worked in Burundi since 2008 to enhance national capacity in breeding and research on rice and rice-based systems in the country. These will amplify...