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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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Learning continuity ensured: IRRI turns over the online Rice: Research to Production course to DA
08.02.24MANILA, Philippines, 2 February, 2024 - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Phi…
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5G technology and smart agriculture to aid Indian farmers
08.02.24photo credit: IWMI/Prashanth Vishwanathan By Shalini Gakhar, Sheetal Sharma and Rabi Sahoo Since Oct…
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Impact of rural outmigration on women and women empowerment through entrepreneurship discussed at Krushi Odisha 2024
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
(14 January 2024) Women empowerment through agro-entrepreneurship and the impact of rural outmigrati…
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Odisha Government and IRRI seal new agreement to promote agro-entrepreneurship among women
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
(13 January 2024) A new tripartite agreement between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI…
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Rice residue burning trajectories in Eastern India: Current realities, scenarios of change, and implications for air quality
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Bihar State Government is aware of the risks associated with increasing agricultural burning, bu…
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A newly identified elite pool of salinity-tolerant genotypes promises to deliver higher genetic gains
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new study identified an elite pool of the best salinity-tolerant genotypes that will provide…
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Lessons learned from four low-emission technologies implemented by Thai Rice NAMA Project
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently held a workshop to share the data gathered…
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Rice-fallow targeting for cropping intensification through geospatial technologies in the rice belt of Northeast India
01.02.24Around 80% of India’s rice production is from the eastern Indian states of Odisha, West…
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BASF and IRRI join forces to reduce carbon footprint of rice
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
BASF and IRRI to study multiple options to enhance climate smart farming and improve carbon…
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Flood-tolerant rice for enhanced production and livelihood of smallholder farmers of Africa
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Africa’s average rice yield lags significantly behind Asia, with African farmers harvesting an ave…
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Webinar: Socio-Technical Innovation Bundling to Strengthen Women's Resilience to Climate Change: Distilling Learnings from Case Studies
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
We are delighted to invite you to the Webinar on "Socio-technical innovation bundling to strengthen…
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An everyday superwoman modernizes agriculture in her village
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Chandrika Patra’s life story is a testament to how women when provided with the right…
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Innovative crop management strategies transform the fallowed field —and the life —of a woman farmer
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Binodini Swain’s story serves as an inspiring example for farmers in Odisha who leave their…
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Tanzanian farmers find solutions to salt-affected soils and dwindling rice yields
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Tanzanian rice farmers in Mbarali, Iringa, Same, and Moshi Districts are experiencing a major declin…
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IRRI welcomes Dr. Yvonne Pinto as incoming Director General
15.01.24The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Board of Trustees officially announced Dr. Yvonne P…
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Mechanized seeding helps Odisha farmer do away with fallows and increase the productivity of his rice-based cropping system
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Food security
Bikram Keshari Parida volunteered to conduct mechanized seeding using various high-yielding crop var…
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Innovative rice straw composting technology earns accolades at Can Tho City Technical Innovation Competition
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
15 December 2023 (Vietnam) - The mechanized rice straw-based composting technology, which converts a…
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ASEAN-CGIAR Program on Accelerating Innovation in Agri-food Systems Intervention Packages Held Successful Planning Workshop
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Food security
MANILA, Philippines (25 October 2023) – Coming after the official launch of the ASEAN-CGIAR Innova…
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