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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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The impact of the International Rice Genebank on rice farming in Bangladesh
22.07.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The findings of this study demonstrate the valuable contribution of IRG’s conservation and distrib…
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Farmers’ participatory evaluation of alternate wetting and drying irrigation method on greenhouse gas emission, water productivity, and paddy yield in Bangladesh
20.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Due to Bangladesh’s frequent water shortages, sufficient water to irrigate rice fields is increasi…
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Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: Case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
17.07.22Laser land leveling strongly complements sustainable rice production practices as it can help increa…
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Indian government and the International Rice Research Institute strengthens partnership to ensure food and nutrition security in South Asian region
17.07.22NEW DELHI, India (12 July 2022) – The government of India, through the Department of…
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IRRI signs agreement with universities to accelerate agricultural research and education in India
17.07.22To enhance cooperation in agricultural research and education in India, the International Rice Resea…
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CGIAR introduces agricultural science initiatives for the Philippines
17.07.22To create and foster better opportunities for the transformation of the Philippine agrifood sector, …
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IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
17.07.2227 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean BaliÃ…
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CGIAR, Vietnam-Cambodia partners, launch CGIAR Asian Mega-Deltas initiative
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
To promote resilient, inclusive, and productive Asian Mega-Deltas, CGIAR, together with government a…
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IRRI’s new NARVI initiative engages the private sector to accelerate global impact of improved rice varieties
12.07.22-
Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading a new initiative called Network for Acce…
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CGIAR, Vietnam-Cambodia partners, launch CGIAR Asian Mega-Deltas initiative
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To promote resilient, inclusive, and productive Asian Mega-Deltas, CGIAR, together with government a…
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IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition, health & food security
27 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean BaliÃ…
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The influence of climate change knowledge on consumer valuation of sustainably produced rice in Vietnam
01.07.22Vietnamese consumers seem willing to pay for products labeled as organic or eco-friendly. Similar re…
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Assessing returns to research investments in rice varietal development: Evidence from the Philippines and Bangladesh
30.06.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
#ResearchSpotlight Over the past three decades, the Philippines and Bangladesh have made huge invest…
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From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia
30.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project ihave delivered six…
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Philippine DA and IRRI launch legacy site on 2016-2021 collaborations
17.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
To highlight the highly successful partnership between the two organizations, the Philippine Departm…
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Newly-identified rice varieties could deliver genetic gain and farm productivity in India
07.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers in India have identified new rice varieties that could adapt to specific requirements of…
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Fostering the adoption of sustainable rice straw innovations in Vietnam through private sector engagement
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Loc Troi Agricultural Research Institute si…
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CGIAR and ASEAN held national consultations to define what is next for food systems in the region
21.04.22-
Food security
To identify national and regional needs for food, land, and water systems transformation, CGIAR cond…
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