Tag Archives: India

Women on the path to progress

In India, self-help groups have made a tremendous impact on the lives of poor women in rural areas.  ...

India: Tripura farmers welcome the release of drought-tolerant rice varieties

Thousands of farmers in drought-prone Tripura Province welcomed the release of 16 new varieties of different crops, including nine drought-tolerant rice varieties, at an event organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Research Complex for North Eastern Region, at its research center in Lembucheera. The released lines have high yield potential that...

Partnership-driven science

Many countries have greatly benefited from the agricultural technology developed at IRRI with the support of traditional donors. In recent decades, India...

India: National Academy of Agricultural Sciences honors IRRI officials

  NAAS honors IRRI officials and welcomes them to the Fellowship on 5 June 2015 Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research...

Communication is key to reaching farmers, says India agri commissioner

Srinagar, India – “Communication holds the key” in effectively transferring knowledge generated by research, and it becomes more crucial when informing...

IRRI joins in celebrating 50 years of rice research in India

IRRI staff and members of the Board of trustees (BOT) led by Director General Robert Zeigler and Deputy Director General for Research Matthew Morell...

Union agriculture minister urges Indian farmers to grow flood-tolerant rice

Bihar, India - Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Radha Mohan Singh asked farmers from 15 states of India to grow Swarna-Sub1, among other flood-tolerant...

IRRI research hub in Hyderabad benefits South Asia

Arvind Kumar, leader of IRRI's rainfed lowland South Asia Hub plant breeding group, has the rapt attention of some of the Institute's BOT...

50 years of India-IRRI partnership

Hyderabad, India - On its golden jubilee, India’s Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) has been elevated to a national institute in recognition of...

New Indian agricultural university and IRRI commit to building next generation of rice scientists

Hyderabad, India - Building the next generation of rice scientists is one of the main goals of a memorandum of agreement between the recently established...

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