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To identify national and regional needs for food, land, and water systems transformation, CGIAR conducted seven country consultations workshops and three official dialogues in ASEAN member states. Jean Balié, the CGIAR Regional Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific along with Ministers and high officials from respective countries inaugurated these virtual workshops. They were attended by partners from the private sector,

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Loc Troi Agricultural Research Institute signed an agreement on developing smart paddy logistics management and sustainable rice straw solutions at the Loc Troi Group’s 7th Science Café in An Giang Province. With this year’s theme, Solutions for sustainable, stable, and continuous agricultural production, the event attracted more than 70 representatives from various

Researchers in India have identified new rice varieties that could adapt to specific requirements of the different environments in the country after a series of on-farm trials (OFT). The results of the rigorous trials were presented in a two-day technical workshop online organized by the India Seed System and Product Management team of the International Rice Research Institute on 5-6

To highlight the highly successful partnership between the two organizations, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently launched the website DA-IRRI 2016-2021 Collaboration, an online legacy site detailing the various projects, innovations, and milestones achieved during their five-year collaborative activities from 2016 to 2021. As the host country of the institute’s global headquarters,

In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project ihave delivered six released varieties that are resistant to some of the major diseases and pests to ensure high-yield stability in the tropics. These helped expand the cultivation area for temperate japonica to tropical regions. GUVA’s future work will focus more on highly efficient molecular breeding for yield

#ResearchSpotlight Over the past three decades, the Philippines and Bangladesh have made huge investments in the development of improved rice varieties. The economic returns to these investments in rice research were significant. In this study, published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Global Food Security, researchers suggest that IRRI and national partners should continue investing in rice R&D, especially to develop

Vietnamese consumers seem willing to pay for products labeled as organic or eco-friendly. Similar results were found in a study investigating consumer willingness to pay for sustainably produced rice in Vietnam. Results indicate that domestic consumers are willing to pay a 9% premium for certified sustainably produced rice, increasing up to 33% when incremental levels of information on certification and

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading a new initiative called Network for Accelerated Rice Varieties for Impact, or NARVI, that will engage in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) with local, regional, and international private sector companies around the world to expand and hasten the development, dissemination, and promotion of high-quality and improved rice varieties to smallholder farmers. Initiated by IRRI