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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Odisha revives grass pea cultivation to turn fallow lands into fertile grounds
29.04.24-
Biodiversity
Apart from its nutritional value, the grass pea can be grown as a relay crop…
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Transforming Thailand’s Rice Sector Toward Low Emissions
26.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Bangkok, Thailand (25 April 2024) - As global attention turns towards sustainable agricultural pract…
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The acceptability of locally adapted japonica rice variety in selected rice farmers in Bohol and Nueva Ecija, Philippines
22.04.24The japonica variety is intentionally cultivated by some Filipino rice farmers to cater to the…
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IRRI, PhilRice launch drone protocols to boost rice farming in the Philippines
18.04.24-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (17 April 2024) – Aimed at leveraging the power of drone technology…
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Achieving critical mass for the greening of rice fallows in Odisha
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Growing pulses and oilseeds crops in rice fallows provide farmers with additional income, livelihood…
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Digital innovations webinar promotes equity and sustainability in agri-food systems
15.04.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 28 March 2024, stakeholders from seven countries across Asia and Africa attended a webinar…
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New Digital Hub to Stimulate Methane Reduction through Sustainable Rice Cultivation
12.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Gold Standard and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have released a new resource hub…
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IRRI proposes technical solutions to Vietnam to effectively establish and implement MRV for the One Million Hectares Program
12.04.24The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam continued its consultations with…
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IRRI and Taiwan ICDF tackle the climate and food crises by fostering rice straw circular economies in SEA
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the International Cooperation and Development F…
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ASEAN-CGIAR Regional Program highlight partnerships to achieve food security during ADB Food Security Forum
12.04.24MANILA, Philippines—Achieving sustainable food systems transformation in Southeast Asia entails co…
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IRRI proposes technical solutions to Vietnam to effectively establish and implement MRV for the One Million Hectares Program
12.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam continued its consultations with…
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Progressive woman farmer leads the way in promoting DSR-based cropping system in Odisha
08.04.24-
Food security
From a successful farmer, Mrs. Biswal became a service provider after attending formal hands-on tr…
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Balancing food security, vertebrate biodiversity, and healthy rice agroecosystems in Southeast Asia
04.04.24-
Biodiversity
In Southeast Asia, as mechanization increases, there is a need to evaluate the impact of…
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UPLB, KOICA, IRRI and Key Institutions to establish agri-genomics facilities to support national competitiveness
26.03.24-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (26 March 2024) - The growth of state-of-the-art agricultural genomics research a…
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IRRI-Government of Odisha partnership to strengthen state’s specialty rice segment
26.03.24-
Food security
(Photo: A cafeteria featuring biofortified rice varieties in Odisha) ODISHA, India (March 16, 2023) …
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For women farmers, by women farmers: Facilitating timely access to quality inputs and services through women farmer service centers
25.03.24-
Food security
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Gender equality
The gender gap in access to inputs has affected productivity in agriculture for the longest…
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IRRI-NARI agreement will revitalize Papua New Guinea’s rice industry
25.03.24-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
MOROBE PROVINCE, Papua New Guinea (21 March 2024) - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)…
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REMET-Rice Project supports joint training on soil spectroscopy for BSWM, UPLB, and IRRI scientists
20.03.24-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (16 March 2024) – Scientists from the Philippine Department of Agriculture Bure…
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