In the wake of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the Zero Hunger Challenge. IRRI is doing its part to help.


In the wake of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the Zero Hunger Challenge. IRRI is doing its part to help.
IRRI’s William Paul Quick discusses the progress and science behind the creation of C4 rice in a paper published in Science.

Using mobile technology, Filipino rice farmers now have access to personalized fertilizer advice and micro-loans to buy fertilizer for their crop thanks to a new partnership.

Dr. Bas Bouman has been announced as the new director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) effective as of 1 September 2012.

IRRI’s Robert Zeigler and Achim Dobermann discuss the future of rice farming and the importance of rice research partnerships such as GRiSP.