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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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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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On the shoulders of giants, IRRI launches AGGRi Alliance
26.03.19-
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Building on its success in developing and delivering improved rice varieties in South Asia and…
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Australian-funded projects are helping Myanmar rice farmers improve their livelihood and income
25.03.19-
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MAUBIN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar—Rice farmers in Ayeyarwady and Bago Regions are reaping the benefits from…
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Rice-fish farming could help boost farmers’ income in Myanmar’s “rice bowl”
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MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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IRRI, WorldFish and Myanmar work together to optimize rice-fish farming productivity
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IRRI, together with WorldFish and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation of Myanmar …
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Enhancing Iloilo’s rice productivity through innovations on land leveling and rice straw management
22.03.19-
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Iloilo is one of the major rice baskets in the Philippines, and mechanization could play…
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Google Blog: Analyzing 3K rice genomes characterized by DeepVariant
21.03.19-
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The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP) is a collaborative, international research program that has…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
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14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakeholder res…
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International Women’s Day 2019
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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AfricaRice Science Week 2019 adopts a forward-looking perspective
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Over five days, more than 70 participants, consisting mainly of AfricaRice scientists, as well as…
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Funding genebank routines … forever
17.01.19-
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In 2018, the Crop Trust entered into a long-term partnership agreement (LPA) with the International…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
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Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agenda
26.10.18-
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The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently…
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Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton: Learning new ways to maintain and use valuable resources
18.10.18-
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A look back at the career of the retiring Head of the T.T. Chang Genetic…
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Leading female rice scientists, young researchers recognized for solutions to global food and nutrition security
17.10.18-
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17 October 2018, Singapore—Female scientists and early career researchers were among the seven tra…
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Securing the Future of Rice: Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and IRRI Ink Partnership to Develop Advanced Rice Technologies and Programs
15.10.18-
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SINGAPORE, 15 Oct. 2018 – Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP),…
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IRRI partners with Singapore and UN’s FAO to address world hunger and malnutrition
15.10.18-
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(SINGAPORE, 15 October 2018) – At the opening ceremonies of the world’s largest scientific confe…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18-
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AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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The World’s Rice Bowl: Protected in Perpetuity
11.10.18-
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(SINGAPORE – 12 October 2018) – THE WORLD’S LARGEST rice collection is to receive…
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