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The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021

The Central Luzon Loop Survey in the Philippines (the Loop Survey) is one of the longest-running and still ongoing household-level farm surveys in tropical Asia. The survey has been conducted every four to five years until 2021 covering a period of more than half a century. This discussion includes the impact...

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How improved cultivation and groundnut variety helped a farmer build his future from the ground up  

Shri Ganesh Kandi has not cultivated the groundnut on his farm in the past 10 years because of its low yield and low market price. With technical support...

Improved cultivation and green gram varieties change a farmer’s story from struggle to success

The story of Lingaraja Ratha from Odisha, India is evidence of how a farmer gains better income and food and nutritional choices for his household from...

Hei Leung, renowned former IRRI principal scientist, passes away

Dr. Hei Leung, a long-time respected plant pathologist and geneticist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), passed away at home on 15 October...

Portraits of successful women entrepreneurs

Some women from the Adarsh Dharamagarh Women Farmers Services Producer Company, incubated by the International Rice Research Institute and Access Livelihoods,...

The legacy of Randy Barker: agricultural economist, water-use investigator, leader, teacher, and mentor

Randolph “Randy” Barker, who passed away in Utah at age 92 on 5 July 2022, has left an enduring legacy across the agricultural world. A renowned and...

Former IRRI economist and board chair bestowed with one of Japan’s highest awards

“As a technical leader, IRRI needs to promote the contribution of social sciences to ensure farmer perceptions are contributing to prioritizing R&D...

Former IRRI agronomist and rice biotechnology pioneer passes away

During his long and fruitful career, John worked to identify, prioritize, and address constraints in cereal production  throughout Asia and Africa,...

Carolyn Moomaw, spouse of IRRI’s first agronomist and a scientist in her own right, passes away

Carolyn Joan (nee Regier, Moomaw, Richtman) Wilhelm, 89, of Albany, Oregon, USA, passed away on 17 October 2021 of complications from Primary Progressive...

Unpacking the processes that catalyzed the adoption of best management practices for lowland irrigated rice in the Mekong Delta

This review examines the development and subsequent wide-scale adoption of best management practices known as 1 Must Do and 5 Reductions (1M5R) in Vietnam....

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