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Our commitment to help in the fight against vitamin-A deficiency

“No farmer must be left behind” was the challenge addressed to 1,500 scientists and delegates, hailing from 69 countries, who are here in Bangkok to attend the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014). “This call to action adds all the more to our resolve to continue the research on Golden Rice,...

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Second Green Revolution seeks to leave no farmer behind

Bob Zeigler on the IRC2014 keynote (Photo: J.R.Cabañero) BANGKOK, Thailand, 28 October 2014 – The second Green Revolution in rice has been under way...

Scholarships available for Ph.D.-level studies in rice science

A rice plant being propagated using tissue culture Calling all scientists in the early stages of their careers who want to help feed half the world. You...

Senator, nutrition experts support research on healthier rice

Hon. Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, supports research on healthier rice. (IRRI Headquarters, 23 July 2014) LOS...

IRRI gives top rice varieties to Filipino farmers at field day

As part of its long-standing and ongoing support for the Philippines Rice Self-Sufficiency Plan, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held...

Drowned harvest

It certainly looks like climate change at work. The deluge inundated areas that had not flooded in decades, including many parts of Los Baños and Bay...

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