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The CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership, recently announced a milestone in the fight against poverty through food security. With an increase...

Myanmar President U Thein Sein at IRRI “I came here as president, and as a farmer.” With these words, His Excellency U Thein Sein, president...

Scientists from Japan and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have discovered a rice gene that, in preliminary testing, increased production...

Launched today in the Philippines, Rice Crop Manager puts the power of technology into action by helping farmers decide how to manage their rice crops...

Satellite images showing flooded rice farms and buildings that were damaged by Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) in the northeastern part of Leyte Province...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) are assessing the extent of the damage wrought by Typhoon...

Burundi has turned its rice research capacity up a notch to improve food security in Eastern and Southern Africa by establishing a regional rice research...

The world’s leading experts in rice genetics – the science that brings us better rice varieties – are meeting in Manila, 5-8 November,  for the...

To learn more on this, over a hundred scientists from 29 countries will gather for the 11th Conference of the International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis...