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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
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Big data
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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Beyond incomes: What is the true impact of engaging in seed production on women's lives?
20.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Afreen Khan, Ranjitha Puskur, Suchaita Tenneti Two Farmer Producer Companies (FPC) in Odisha, India …
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Do rice farmers have knowledge of greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies? New evidence from Nigeria
19.03.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from rice fields contribute significantly to global warming and c…
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Empowering women and improving rice yields and productivity through seed production
18.03.24-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
by Afreen Khan, Ranjitha Puskur, Suchaita Tenneti Two Farmer Producer Companies (FPC) in Odisha, Ind…
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IRRI and AfricaRice collaborate on developing and delivering improved and localized rice varieties to smallholder farmers in Africa
18.03.24-
Food security
As a continuation of accelerating and modernizing the breeding programs through the Accelerating Gen…
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Gender responsiveness can make Climate-smart agriculture even smarter!
12.03.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The impact of climate change on agriculture is undeniable, and it poses a significant threat…
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Experience of farmers using mobile phone for farming information flow in boro rice production: A case of Eastern Gangetic Plain
11.03.24-
Food security
This research was inspired by exploring another technique farmers have adopted: accessing informatio…
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Philippine Agriculture Secretary visits IRRI Headquarters to explore collaboration opportunities for boosting rice sector
08.03.24-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (6 March 2024) – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) welcomed the…
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Increasing awareness of integrated nutrient management among Odisha women farmers
08.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Girija Prasad Patnaik, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Preeti Bharti, Kshitikanta Rout, Mukund Variar, Sheetal Sh…
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Investing in women means investing in sustainable development
08.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
IRRI Gender and Livelihoods Unit Lead, Dr. Jummai Yila elaborates on the critical role of…
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IRRI and Thailand Rice Department Strengthen Collaboration on Climate Change Initiatives
29.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA (15 February 2024) - A delegation from the Thailand Rice Department (TRD)…
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Vietnam MARD awards the Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative and IRRI for supporting the country’s sustainable development
29.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam awarded a Certificate of Merit…
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CGIAR Executive Managing Director visits IRRI Headquarters in the Philippines
28.02.24LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (23 February 2024) – Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, the newly appointed Executive Managi…
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CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative highlights women and smallholder farmers’ inclusion in seed information and delivery
27.02.24-
Food security
09-10 January 2024 (HYDERABAD, India) – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organized…
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Where women in agri-food systems are at highest climate risk: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
27.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Climate change compromises gender equality. Gender inequalities and structural constraints to equali…
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The First National Rice Stakeholders’ Conference in Kenya targets rice self-sufficiency by 2030 through plant breeding innovations and collaborations
22.02.24-
Food security
16 NOVEMBER 2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya) – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collaborat…
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Farmers Field Day promotes high-yield rice varieties and climate-smart agronomy to increase the productivity and income of Kenyan farmers
22.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
07 February 2024 (HOMA BAY COUNTY, Kenya) –The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held a…
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How Assam’s fallow season can be transformed into a season of productivity
22.02.24-
Food security
Agriculture in Assam is characterized by low productivity because of frequent floods, drought, lack …
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IRRI and ISABU join efforts in revolutionizing rice farming by availing good quality rice seeds
21.02.24-
Food security
The Burundi office of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Institute of Agronomi…
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