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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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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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Revolutionizing Agricultural Outreach: IVR Infoline Launched
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Food security
(BOGOR, Indonesia) 17 August 2023 - The intersection of technology and agriculture was celebrated on…
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Speed Breed Facility Inauguration Ceremony Marks Milestone at International Rice Research Institute
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Food security
The Speed Breed Facility (SBF) Inauguration Ceremony took place on 16 August at the Lloyd…
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New rice variety creates game changing opportunities for farmers in the Haor Basin of Bangladesh
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BRRI dhan-96 performed the best in varietal trials conducted in the Haor Region. The variety…
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Capacity-building workshops in East Africa help strengthen partnerships and create new ones
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Food security
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (18 August 2023) – The local rice supply in Burundi and in the…
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Fostering food security and climate resilience: accelerated breeding modernization to support hi-impact NARES in Nepal
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Accelerating breeding modernization to enhance genetic gains To address hunger, poverty, and climate…
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Climate-smart rice production approaches for sustainable agriculture
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Food security
Mechanized DSR offers multiple benefits that enable early rice harvesting, timely sowing of seeds, a…
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Mid-infrared spectroscopy: An effective tool to enhance the Soil Health Card scheme in India
07.08.23Periodically assessing the soil’s health is very important to show the effect of current agricultu…
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Dr. Ajay Kohli appointed interim Director General of IRRI
04.08.23LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (01 August 2023) ~ Deputy Director General for Research Dr. Ajay Kohli…
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IRRI-Africa crop tour strengthens collaborative efforts for agricultural innovation in Burundi
01.08.23In a bid to enhance agricultural innovation and exchange best practices, the International Rice Rese…
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The farmers who till the harsh coastal lands of Bangladesh and the salt-tolerant rice varieties that changed their story
01.08.23Rice cultivation in the salt flats of southern Bangladesh accounts for 25% of the country’s…
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Milestone carbon credit methodology for rice launched with help from IRRI
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
LOS BANOS, Philippines (26 July 2023) - This July, Gold Standard launched a new carbon…
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Bridging the gap between traditional and regenerative agriculture with the agro-biodiversity index
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Regenerative agriculture presents a holistic approach to farming that not only focuses on enhancing …
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Online modules on Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience launched!
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI Education, the educational arm of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collabora…
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Showcasing rice straw innovations for farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta
19.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To promote the mechanization of rice straw collection and rice straw handling and processing technol…
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IRRI and Philippine Agriculture Department announce International Rice Congress 2023’s cross-continental keynote speakers line up
19.07.23LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (19, July 2023) – An assembly of cross-continental experts in rice science…
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Online modules on Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience launched!
18.07.23IRRI Education, the educational arm of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collabora…
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IRRI and Vietnam’s DCP-MARD launch the technical guideline on rice straw management
18.07.23Vietnam’s Department of Crop Production (DCP)-Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)…
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An invitation to transform the future of food systems from #GeneToGlobe: experts, leaders, and innovators come together at the International Rice Congress 2023 this October
18.07.23By Jean Balie, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute The fourth agricultural…
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