Tag Archives: science

Before modern science, Filipino rice farmers relied on superstitions for bountiful harvests ...

The rice varietal cafeteria provides a space where farmers and other stakeholders interact, discuss, give feedback, learn, and decide on their varietal...

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...

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

“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...

A new study shows vitamin E’s famous antioxidant property is more than skin deep and could also be useful in preserving the genetic diversity stored...

Different extension approaches have been used to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and farmers. A mix of different channels and modes works...

A proposed standard for determining the reliability of genetic markers makes modern integrated breeding approaches more consistent in designing better...

Dr. McCouch (shown here with laboratory technician Marifa Lanuang Corral using liquid nitrogen to harvest tissue from IRRI field plot–grown rice plants...

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