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We generate some very useful data and we let that data go to waste by 1) not being very innovative in our data interpretations, 2) not letting that data talk to us, and 3) not getting more out of the data. This is where we should be innovative in our data interpretations and go to a more holistic solution...

Often we see research as being “research” and scaling technology as work that development organizations do. What we often fail to see is that...

“The objective is to improve IRRI’s impact profile. The idea is to move away from a project-by-project approach and provide accurate information...

“Our vision is to be the center of excellence for rice breeding in the world. We want the world to look up to IRRI for what we create, offer, and...

Definitions of “sustainable” that can be found in dictionaries include “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level,” “conserving an ecological...

Innovations are occurring in all areas of science and, like the industrial revolution in the early 1800s that saved the world from the fate of the Malthusian...

Proven technologies, policies, and institutional resources need to be collectively adopted to ensure the mitigation of stress-driven shocks at different...

Self-financed farmer cooperatives are a viable strategy to increase irrigated rice area to attain a national yield average of six tons per hectare. ...

RICE aims to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, adapt rice-based farming systems to climate change, promote women’s empowerment...

Oblivious to the cold, Dr. Jackson takes Nobel Tourist-Laureate Norman Borlaug on a walkthrough of the genebank’s large freezer during his 1999 visit...