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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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IRRI and BSIP Conduct Training of Trainers on LKP 2.0 and Farm Mapping Using GPS
25.07.24-
Food security
Indonesia and IRRI expand the dissemination of Rice Crop Manager across the country with a…
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Empowerment by design: Gender-intentional rice breeding through Target Product Profiling
23.07.24-
Food security
The PlantDirect project , in collaboration with Market Intelligence Work Package (WP2) 2, facilitate…
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Rice Crop Manager: Delivering results for Indonesian farmers
23.07.24-
Food security
Project proponents share key results to date of the implementation of the localized RCM in…
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Climate-smart mapping can help Tanzanian rice farmers in flood-prone areas mitigate crop losses
23.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The 2023-2024 El Niño had a catastrophic impact on East and Southern African countries as…
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Vietnam's pilot low-emission rice farming shows promise: Increased yields, profits, and sustainability
23.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
A pilot farm in Vietnam has demonstrated success in high-quality, low-emission rice farming. Compare…
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East and Southern Africa Crop Tour provides farmers opportunity to evaluate new rice varieties and technologies
23.07.24-
Food security
Scientists from IRRI, Africa Rice Center, and national agricultural research and extension system (N…
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Women-led community institutions as a potential vehicle for the adoption of varieties and improved seed practices: an impact case from India
17.07.24-
Gender equality
In recent times, the role of women farmers has been dramatically emphasized to speed up…
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Scaling RiceMoRe: Revolutionizing rice production monitoring in the South Central Coast of Vietnam
15.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
In the last week of June 2024, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the…
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Breeders identify promising lines for developing future rice varieties for South Asia
11.07.24-
Food security
More than 100 promising lines were selected by IRRI and India NARES partners for the…
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Making Rice–Cultivation Water-Efficient and Sustainable for Haryana
04.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Growing rice, a crop that demands huge amounts of water, results in significant groundwater depletio…
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ARIAS Society, IRRI plan sustainable rice farming future in Assam post-APART
04.07.24-
Food security
With the APART’s closure approaching, IRRI and partners are starting to discuss a comprehensive ex…
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Heat-Tolerant Rice Varieties Promises Increased Yields in Bangladesh
02.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
New heat-tolerant rice varieties developed to combat high night temperatures could save Bangladesh m…
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Ups and downs in the world rice market
02.07.24International rice prices have risen substantially. Over the past year, the main factors driving wor…
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Odisha and IRRI promote sustainable rice production using dhaincha and organic fertilizer
01.07.24-
Food security
IRRI promotes enhanced crop and soil productivity through the balanced use of chemical and organic…
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Japan and IRRI kick off rice carbon neutrality project in the ASEAN region
24.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (24 June 2024) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF…
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Are rice systems sustainable in Sri Lanka? – A case of Deduru Oya reservoir irrigation scheme
23.06.24-
Food security
Paddy cultivation is significant in Sri Lanka, as 15% of the country’s land is dedicated…
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IRRI showcases its Native Trait Deployment efforts at the DA-BAR’s agri and fisheries exhibition
21.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
IRRI collaborations with the DA-BAR are among the highlights of the 2nd NAFTE event, which…
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Building collaborations that count
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Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative aims to bundle socio-technical innovations with women at the ce…
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