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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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Scaling-up opportunities for unfavorable rice environments
12.03.18Centering around the theme: “Capitalizing on gains made: Towards enhanced nutrition, livelihood, a…
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IRRI, Paul Hastings LLP collaborate to strengthen legal agreements with private organizations
12.03.18IRRI extends its gratitude to Paul Hastings LLP for its excellent work in helping the…
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How rice plants “manage” water under drought
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Because of low rainfall and lack of irrigation infrastructure, water management is often not an…
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Why sustainable water management needs more than technologies
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Food security
There are many technologies can reduce water input in irrigation schemes but many other factors…
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Dr. Krishna Joshi appointed as IRRI Representative in Nepal
01.03.18IRRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Krishna Joshi as the Institute’s representative…
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Dr. Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton receives Crop Trust Legacy Award
28.02.18IRRI congratulates Dr. Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton, head of the International Rice Genebank, for rec…
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Dr. Buyung Hadi appointed as IRRI's representative in Cambodia
27.02.18IRRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Buyung Hadi as the Institute’s representative…
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Stakeholders evaluate the impact of Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology in Bangladesh
27.02.18Irrigated rice in Bangladesh accounts for nearly half of the country’s rice output. However variab…
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Gazette notification of Golden Rice approval by FSANZ
25.02.18GR2E Golden Rice passes FSANZ safety standards.The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code has bee…
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Farmer-buyer collaboration can help increase farm productivity in Nepal
22.02.18Contract farming , a conditional arrangement on inputs and/or output between farmers and buyers, cou…
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Ben Juliano, renowned cereal chemist & national scientist, passes away
22.02.18By Gene HettelBienvenido O. “Ben” Juliano, 81, world-renown cereal chemist and Philippine Nation…
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IRRI, the Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation team up to develop rice varieties for a Greener Revolution
19.02.18The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) together with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural S…
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IRRI and Renewable Energy for Rural Areas’ partnership in Nepal introduces solar bubble dryer to address farmers’ problem in paddy drying
19.02.18Spring rice contributes around 20 percent of the total rice production in Nepal. However, farmers…
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Workshop on Agriculture Development Support Project aims to improve irrigation practices in Myanmar
14.02.18The Myanmar Department of Agriculture (DOA), together with the International Rice Research Institute…
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Dr. Humnath Bhandari appointed as IRRI Representative in Bangladesh
08.02.18IRRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Humnath Bhandari as IRRI Representative in…
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Dr. Uma Shankar Singh as Interim Director of IRRI South Asia Regional Centre, India
05.02.18IRRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Uma Shankar Singh as the Interim…
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World Bank-funded IRRI project launched in Assam, India to raise farmers’ productivity and income
26.01.18The World Bank, together with the Government of Assam, launched the Assam Agribusiness and Rural…
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International Rice Informatics Consortium holds workshop to discuss new technological breakthroughs
26.01.18The International Rice Informatics Consortium (IRIC) is an organization that aims to give stakeholde…
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