IRRI media release - Rice Today

New irrigation technique can ease drought effect on rice

AWD is easy to learn and makes use of inexpensive tools to gauge water level to know whether it is time to flood or drain the field. Water supply to about...

3,000 rice genome sequences made publicly available on World Hunger Day

3000 Rice Genomes Project This article was originally published in GigaBlog More on the 3,000 rice genome project The open-access, open-data journal GigaScience...

Sustained food security depends on improving the lives of farmers – IRRI chief

IRRI Director General Bob Zeigler at the World Economic Forum Makati, Philippines – The plight of farmsteads and farm labor and how this will affect...

Ten million farmers have access to climate-smart rice

Flood-tolerant rice New Delhi – About 10 million of the poorest and most disadvantaged rice farmers have been given access to climate-smart rice...

PhilRice and IRRI jointly protect elite breeding lines

Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International...

150th harvest from world’s longest-running continuous rice experiment

IRRI’s 150th harvest of its LTCCE The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is marking the 150th harvest of its Long-Term Continuous Cropping...

Wonder rice dryer

In the rural town of Bogale, Myanmar, 9 women and 16 men from the Myanmar Department of Agriculture, partner NGOs, and IRRI trained on how to operate and...

Women’s farm roles key to food sufficiency in Burundi

Burundi’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Ir. Odette Kayitesi and IRRI Director General, Bob Zeigler Coinciding with International Women’s...

Artists, scientists celebrate Manansala’s legacy

Performance in celebration of Manansala’s legacy “A scientist also produces masterpieces,” said Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general for...

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