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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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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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IRRI accomplishments in Cambodia, highlighted during the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Intensification and Nutrition
26.01.18PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – more than 160 delegates were invited to the 1st International Conference…
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IRRI, BASF develop herbicide-tolerant rice
26.01.18Two farmers are inspecting crops with the Provisia gene planted to a field in Italy.…
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Philippine Department of Agriculture staff learn about laser leveling technology to improve farm outputs
05.01.18Orientation on basic tractor operation and pre-maintenance check as part of the hands-on exercises.I…
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Myanmar farmers gain knowledge on laser leveling operation and its benefits
05.01.18IRRI postharvest engineer Yan Lin Aung being interviewed by Myanmar local channel, DVB TV, during…
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John Schiller, former IRRI agronomist in Laos, passes away
19.12.17By Gene HettelDr. John M. Schiller, 72, passed away in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday (18…
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Rice value chain stakeholders from India develop change pathways to improve mechanization and postharvest
18.12.17A two-day workshop on educating stakeholders about ways to reduce losses in harvesting and postharve…
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Boosting rice production in the face of climate change
18.12.17The International Food Policy Research Institute forecasts that by 2050, rice prices will increase b…
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IRRI Bangladesh joined South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in celebrating its 33rd charter day
18.12.17Last 10 December 2017, IRRI Bangladesh joined the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (…
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Thailand rice industry stakeholders receive training on improved postharvest management
15.12.17A training on post production rice processing was held in Nakhon Ratchasima and Chai Nat,…
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Eastern India Rainfed Lowland Shuttle Breeding Network (EIRLSBN) celebrated 25 Years of research accomplishments
06.12.17Eastern India Rainfed Lowland Shuttle Breeding Network (EIRLSBN) celebrated 25 years of its establis…
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Virgilio Carangal, former IRRI agronomist, passes away
01.12.17Dr. Virgilio R. “Pexy” Carangal, 84, former agronomist (1974-94) at the International Rice Resea…
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Celebrating biotechnology and its benefits to humanity
24.11.17The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) joins its host country, the Philippines, in celebra…
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Cambodian farmers participate in cross-site visits to learn about Integrated Pest Management practices
22.11.17Farmers check the trichoderma x variety tria…
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IRRI scientist wins 2017 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers
22.11.17IRRI scientist Dr. Sheetal Sharma was chosen as one of the three winners of the…
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IRRI partners with JAAS to establish a joint innovation laboratory
22.11.17Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines - 14 November 2017 -- The International Rice Research In…
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Making rice production easier and more profitable through plant science
20.11.17Los Baños, Philippines - Nov 15, 2017 -- The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) welcomed…
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ISARC hosts first international hands-on training on quality seed production
09.11.1729 October 2017. IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) informally opened its offices at the…
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IRRI scientists join FP2 team to upgrade rice value chains in Asia and Africa
08.11.17From left to right: Val Pede (IRRI), Kaori Fujita (JIRCAS), Vipa Surojanametakul (Kasetsart Universi…
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