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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
16.05.25-
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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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BSIP and IRRI continue collaboration on Rice Crop Management in Indonesia
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(BOGOR, Indonesia, 18-19 December 2023) - IRRI’s key partner in Indonesia, Badan Standardisasi Ins…
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IRRI develops first speed breeding protocol for rice
24.12.23-
Food security
VARANASI, INDIA, 18 December 2023 – Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRR…
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Professors Gurdev Singh Khush and Vo Tong Xuan among 2023 VinFuture Prize Laureates
24.12.23(Photo source: VinFuture) HANOI, VIETNAM - December 12, 2023 - The 2023 VinFuture Special Prize…
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IRRI is leveraging AI to secure food and nutrition security for current and future generations
20.12.23-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
Leading technology giants like Amazon and Google are applauding and supporting the research institut…
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Digital pest diagnostic and management “doctors” that talk directly to Indian farmers
18.12.23-
Food security
(Photo: IRRI India) Agricultural digital technologies are transforming food systems and offering far…
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CGIAR System Transformation Initiatives join forces at the intersection of gender and climate for inclusive and resilient agrifood systems
15.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Amidst increasing evidence of climate change's impact on women and recognizing its pivotal role in…
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New study shows informed decisions can minimize the impacts of adverse weather on farmers and rice production in Tanzania’s floodplains
14.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
floods threaten the food, health, and livelihood security of farmers in Tanzania’s floodplains. As…
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Ensuring quality seed supply of improved rice varieties for West Kenya smallholder farmers
14.12.23-
Food security
KIBOS, KENYA, 2 August 2023 — In its continued efforts to strengthen the rice sector…
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HER+ Stakeholder workshop paves the way for piloting Learning Labs in India
13.12.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
NEW DELHI, INDIA, 27-28 November 2023 — The CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality, HER+ convened…
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Establishing a unified understanding of digital interventions for inclusive agriculture
13.12.23-
Food security
NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 4, 2023 — In a significant step towards fostering digital innovation…
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IRRI-Africa: Igniting stronger partnerships in Burundi
13.12.23Visit to the Burundi Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Prof. Sanctus Niragira (sec…
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Sustainable Rice Platform presents achievements in promoting clean and green rice production for the past 12 years
13.12.23-
Food security
The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Symposium at the 6th International Rice Congress discussed the a…
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Strategic financing is essential to an effective climate change strategy
12.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
5 December 2023, Dubai, UAE — The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) and the International…
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Creating a path for scaling mechanized direct-seeded rice in Cambodia
11.12.23-
Food security
Participatory mDSR field trials in Takeo Province during the 2023 wet season. (Photo by A.…
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IRRI and ICAR to further promote research and development on rice genetic resources
11.12.23-
Food security
Dr. Sudhanshu Singh, director of ISARC, and Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh, director of ICAR -…
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ISARC annual rice varietal cafeteria features 36 promising new varieties for Uttar Pradesh farmers
11.12.23-
Food security
VARANASI, INDIA, November 23 - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional …
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IRRI expands rice research collaboration into Central Asia through new partnership with Uzbekistan agriculture ministry
07.12.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines, 29 November 2023 ~ A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture of…
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Entrepreneurs develop a roadmap for public and private companies to work together to strengthen the seed system in Assam
06.12.23-
Food security
GUWAHATI, INDIA, 20 November 2023 — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organized Str…
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