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  Wendpayinda Balima., a seeds production and inspection extensionist from Burkina Faso (front) and Kyessoi Djanguenane, a seeds production field...

Like most natural resources, we cannot continue to take soil for granted. It takes thousands of years to create a thin layer of soil and we are losing...

I believe that agri-industry leaders play an enormous role in shaping a more productive, economically and ecologically sound food system for the entire...

To meet the nutritional needs of a growing population, we need a solution that will ensure global food security for future generations that do not result...

(Photo: China National Hybrid Rice Research & Development Center©) Replacing half of the rice-growing areas in the world with hybrid rice varieties...

Dr. Bas Bouman, chair, Science and Program Committee IRC2018 (Photo by Isagani Serrano, IRRI) The IRC provides a platform to discuss results of scientific...

Are we doing enough to ensure social science research contributes to advancing agricultural R&D systems? ...

Big or small, modest or grand, innovations are helping IRRI and its partners move forward their mission to end hunger and poverty. ...

Today’s challenges facing scientists are greater than they were 50 years ago. Fortunately, available scientific tools and on-farm technologies are far...