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Traditional rice varieties have been critical for developing improved stress-tolerant rice varieties. Tools to analyze the genome sequences of traditional varieties are accelerating the identification and deployment of genes conferring climate-change resilience. Traditional varieties have served as critical sources of stress tolerance that can be deployed through crop breeding to improve varieties that are stress-sensitive but high-yielding under favorable conditions.

Photo caption: Together with women farmers in Odisha, India, Dr. Swati visited a field site to validate germplasms recommended by the national agricultural research and extension systems. LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (September 19, 2023) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) scientist Dr. Swati Nayak – a highly accomplished researcher known for her pivotal role in engaging farmers in demand-driven rice

LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (September 19, 2023) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) scientist Dr. Swati Nayak – a highly accomplished researcher known for her pivotal role in engaging farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems, from testing and deployment to access and adoption of climate-resilient and nutritious rice varieties – has been honored as the recipient of the 2023 Borlaug

The Mekong River Delta is undergoing a remarkable digital transformation in the region’s rice production management with the Rice production monitoring and reporting system (RiceMoRe). Developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collaboration with the Department of Crop Production (DCP), and the Center for Agricultural Digital Transformation and Statistics (DTS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s

POHANG, South Korea (September 18, 2023) – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Handong Global University (HGU), the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)came together to organize the “International Conference on the Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics to Biology.” The event, hosted by HGU on September 18, 2023, convened stakeholders and experts

Farmer performing a crop-cutting experiment to get a reliable, cost-effective estimate of crop yields and other information on a rice variety for comparison. (Photo: IRRI India) Even though Telangana is one of the leading rice-producing states in India, the awareness and options around new varieties among a significant number of smallholder farmers is a major challenge. Providing access to seed,

For the third installment of the Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas ( AMD ) and Wageningen University & Research ( WUR ) presented a webinar on the effects of saline water irrigation on crops cultivated in Tra Vinh, Vietnam. Ayodeji Deolu-Ajayi, a plant physiologist at the WUR Agrosystems Research, and Tran Thi Ngoc Bich, vice director of

Leveraging the International Rice Genebank collection for a food-secure future LOS BANOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (Sept. 12, 2023) – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is receiving 2 million USD in grant funding from Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, to harness the power of Artificial intelligence (AI) towards fast-tracking the development and deployment of high-yielding, climate-resilient rice varieties to sustain and increase