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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 honors Dr. Himanshu Pathak for his contributions to India’s rice sector at IRC 2023
08.11.23Manila, Philippines (18 October 2023) ~ Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Director General of the Indian Council…
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Catalysing the symbiotic relationship between social and gender equity and rice agrifood systems transformation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Manila, Philippines (October 25, 2023) - Women have key roles on the front line in…
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Achievements of Indian rice research and IRRI partnership showcased at IRC 2023
08.11.23Manila, Philippines (18 October 2023) ~ The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) showcased t…
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State of the science behind scalable MRV technology
08.11.23Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) tools are essential in providing more specific inform…
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World experts convene to improve bacterial blight management and increase farmers’ yields
08.11.23MANILA, Philippines (17 October 2023) - Plant pathologists from all over the world shared the…
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Diversified rice farms with vegetable plots and flower strips are associated with fewer pesticide applications in the Philippines
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Food security
The high use of chemical pesticides at large scales and the co-dependence of technologies, such…
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2.4 million Filipino Farmers, Made Vulnerable by the Climate Crisis, Stand to Benefit from Innovative Yield-Based Insurance Product
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Philippines is the seventh top rice-producing country in the world, but disasters threaten that…
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Cultivating the future: Reimagined nature-based farming solutions
26.10.23Manila, Philippines (23 October 2023) — In a world grappling with the dual challenges of…
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Transformation of rice value chains in Bangladesh and Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Vision
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Food security
Bangladesh and Nepal are two important rice economies of South Asia with large rice consuming…
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From Asia to Africa: Building Africa’s Green Revolution on sustainable agricultural technology and practices developed in Asia
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Food security
Manila, Philippines (23 October 2023) — The success of the Green Revolution technologies that tran…
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The challenges and opportunities of bringing direct-seeded rice to Asian and African farmers
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Food security
16 October 2023, MANILA, Philippines — A multisectoral discussion exploring how climate-smart and …
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Science communication helps make research outputs accessible to smallholder farmers
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Manila, Philippines (October 17, 2023) — Rice research continues to be the core business of…
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IRRI, DA-PhilRice, and PCIC team up for innovative crop insurance for rice
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The IRRI-PhilRice-PCIC tripartite partnership will bring innovative crop insurance products to impro…
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In the Philippines’ rice-producing regions, ClimBeR's bundled climate services are helping farmers become climate-resilient
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
While the Philippine government has set an ambitious goal of 97.4% rice self-sufficiency by 2028,…
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Pioneering technologies driving the transition towards sustainable rice agriculture highlighted at IRC 2023
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Food security
Manila, Philippines (19 October 2023) — The pursuit of sustainable agriculture is significantly re…
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Empowering farmers to become active participants in sustainable rice production processes
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Food security
Manila, Philippines (17 October 2023) — Private sector representatives attending the 6th Internati…
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IRC 2023 discussion focuses on sustainable and farmer-inclusive policies to improve current global rice trends
18.10.23Manila, Philippines (October 16, 2023) — Global rice prices are heavily affected by the emergence…
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Experts explore deeper underlying issues behind gender and youth roles for the development of rice-based food systems
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Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Manila, Philippines (October 17, 2023) — Gender in agriculture is more than the disaggregation of…
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