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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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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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Empowering Women Farmers through STIBs: Insights from Multi-stakeholder Dialogues in Makaltala and Balarampur Learning Labs, West Bengal, India
20.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition, health & food security
Climate change is exacerbating the uncertainty and risks for farmers and other food systems actors…
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Quality and quantity of data from varietal selections encourage the adoption of improved rice varieties in sub-Saharan Africa
19.02.24-
Food security
While most breeding efforts are focused on producing improved rice varieties, farmers in sub-Saharan…
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IRRI and Department of Agriculture sign agreement anew to boost PH rice industry development
18.02.24-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 February 2023) - The Philippine Department of Agriculture entered into a Mem…
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SeedCast brings improved, high-yielding rice varieties closer to Tanzanian farmers
16.02.24-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Martin Ndomondo , Dr Daniel Menge , and Dr Ajay Panchbhai SeedCast-Tanzania was officially…
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SpeedFlower: a comprehensive speed breeding protocol for indica and japonica rice
14.02.24-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
SpeedFlower for indica and japonica rice offers a promising solution for addressing the limitations …
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Rice breeding research becomes globally integrated
12.02.24CGIAR has launched a major new crop-focused global breeding research program that brings together it…
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Klaus Lampe, IRRI’s fifth director general, passes away in Germany
08.02.24by Gene Hettel Klaus J. Lampe, director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI,…
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Learning continuity ensured: IRRI turns over the online Rice: Research to Production course to DA
08.02.24MANILA, Philippines, 2 February, 2024 - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Phi…
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5G technology and smart agriculture to aid Indian farmers
08.02.24photo credit: IWMI/Prashanth Vishwanathan By Shalini Gakhar, Sheetal Sharma and Rabi Sahoo Since Oct…
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Impact of rural outmigration on women and women empowerment through entrepreneurship discussed at Krushi Odisha 2024
06.02.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
(14 January 2024) Women empowerment through agro-entrepreneurship and the impact of rural outmigrati…
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