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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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An app to help African rice farmers beat weeds
13.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
AfricaRice recently launched a powerful decision-support tool, called RiceAdvice-WeedManager, to hel…
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Reaping a golden harvest in the Ayeyarwady Delta
06.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The rice industry stakeholders in Myanmar continue to develop solutions for sustaining agricultural …
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Women farmers’ Crop Cafeteria serves practical rice science
29.07.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
A women’s self-help group in a small village in Odisha leads the way in innovative…
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Vietnam and IRRI collaborate on policies that support innovations in rice value chain upgrading
24.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI is working together with Vietnam to accelerate the translation of innovations that support sust…
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Hidden innovations
24.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Outside the spotlight that shines on scientific breakthroughs are a number of creative and ingenious…
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Creating value together in Africa’s rice sector
16.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The multi-stakeholder innovation platform approach promotes rice agribusiness by emphasizing active …
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Philippine partners learn about mechanized straw collection
12.07.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Rice straw is a major residue in Philippine rice farms. Due to lack of awareness…
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IRRI, FAO teams up to develop sustainable rice value chain in Africa
12.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is equipping the next genera…
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Connecting the dots: the role of social science research in agricultural R&D systems
09.07.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Are we doing enough to ensure social science research contributes to advancing agricultural R&D …
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Nepal, IRRI strengthens collaboration to achieve self-sufficiency and reduce budget-draining rice importation at 15th National Rice Day
06.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rice importation eats up a substantial chunk of Nepal’s national budget each year, adversely affec…
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RICE CRP to boost communication of its vision and impact across regions
05.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To map out the general course of its operations towards achieving food security and eliminating…
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Climate change impacts on rice in Africa
03.07.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Irrigated rice production in East Africa is projected to increase slightly due to CO2 fertilization…
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RiceStrawPH: IRRI teams up with Philippine partners for sustainable rice straw management project
29.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The Philippines produces 15.2 million tons of rice; leaving 11.3 tons of rice straw spread…
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Rice stakeholders highlight importance of creating value-adding activities for rice
27.06.18-
Food security
In Asia, achieving food security remains an important issue, as the consumption of rice appears…
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Nepal and IRRI sign work plan to reinvigorate efforts towards rice self-sufficiency
25.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 June 2018 — The Government of Nepal, through the Ministry of Agriculture,…
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Innovations for sustainable rice farming: Jain Irrigation Systems joins IRRI consortium advancing direct seeded rice systems
25.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Partnership with company that pioneered modern drip irrigation in India opens new possibilities for …
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Opening the doors to food security through genomics
25.06.18-
Food security
The development of Green Super Rice, a new breed of stable, climate-smart, high-yielding varieties, …
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Film-making farmers and the changing landscape of rice extension in Indonesia
24.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is time for farmers to take the lead in telling their stories and conceptualizing…
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