The brains and brawn behind IR8 The brains and brawn behind IR8 October 25, 2016 Dr. Robert Chandler was appointed by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to be IRRI’s first director general...Read More
Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words October 25, 2016 This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf...Read More
A tribute to the Rice King A tribute to the Rice King October 15, 2016 Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic...Read More
Digital genes Digital genes October 12, 2016 An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...Read More
Empowering women farmers in the polder communities of Bangladesh Empowering women farmers in the polder communities of Bangladesh October 5, 2016 When women are empowered, their families, children, the next generation, and their communities are empowered, too.Read More
Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers September 26, 2016 A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the...Read More
Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice July 13, 2016 CURE and its partners, led by Lao’s Agriculture Research Center, show farmers how to grow flood- and...Read More
Myanmar partners produce high-yielding salinity-tolerant rice varieties Myanmar partners produce high-yielding salinity-tolerant rice varieties July 8, 2016 Sixty farmers participated in evaluating new salinity-tolerant rice varieties in a farmer’s field in Meikhtilar District, Mandalay...Read More
Women on the path to progress Women on the path to progress July 4, 2016 In India, self-help groups have made a tremendous impact on the lives of poor women in rural...Read More
Profiles of successful seed producer-farmers in Nepal Profiles of successful seed producer-farmers in Nepal July 1, 2016 With no advanced education, Khushi Ram Mishra and Lok Nath Devkota have become successful seed producer farmers...Read More