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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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IRRI 2021 annual report included in the 2022 Hallbars Best of World Sustainability Reports Award
06.09.22The Hallbars Sustainability Research Institute has included IRRI's 2021 annual Report in its 2022 Be…
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Nepal releases seven new and improved rice varieties to increase domestic rice production
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The National Seed Board of Nepal has approved the release of seven new rice varieties…
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Government of Assam and IRRI extend APART collaboration
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Services (ARIAS) Society, Government of Assam, has s…
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IRRI commends Indonesia for strong efforts to achieve rice self-sufficiency
16.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
To acknowledge the efforts that Indonesia put into achieving rice self-sufficiency, the Internationa…
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CGIAR launches the Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative in Bangladesh
15.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR, together with government agencies and other relevant stakeholders, conducted the count…
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Farmers, seed producers, crop breeders validate and identify suitable rice seed varieties for their farms in Mozambique
15.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Stakeholders of the all-rice value chain gathered together to raise awareness on the newly-re…
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More sustainable solutions through global efforts on food security
15.08.22-
Food security
The impacts of international agricultural research over the past 50 years show significant benefits …
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IRRI Bangladesh and Seed Certification Agency train private seed companies to help boost domestic supply of quality rice seed
07.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A training program organized by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Banglade…
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Farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice now at transplanting stage
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
The initial farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice is now taking place on 40 hectares this…
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ASEAN AND CGIAR review research and innovation priority areas to address agriculture and food security challenges in the region
31.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
ASEAN and CGIAR stakeholders convened to build a stronger cooperation to address the various agricul…
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IRRI and CAAS jointly set up the Sanya International Rice Resource and Breeding Center in Hainan
29.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the International Rice Research Institute (I…
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The impact of the International Rice Genebank on rice farming in Bangladesh
22.07.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The findings of this study demonstrate the valuable contribution of IRG’s conservation and distrib…
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Farmers’ participatory evaluation of alternate wetting and drying irrigation method on greenhouse gas emission, water productivity, and paddy yield in Bangladesh
20.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Due to Bangladesh’s frequent water shortages, sufficient water to irrigate rice fields is increasi…
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Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: Case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
17.07.22Laser land leveling strongly complements sustainable rice production practices as it can help increa…
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Indian government and the International Rice Research Institute strengthens partnership to ensure food and nutrition security in South Asian region
17.07.22NEW DELHI, India (12 July 2022) – The government of India, through the Department of…
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IRRI signs agreement with universities to accelerate agricultural research and education in India
17.07.22To enhance cooperation in agricultural research and education in India, the International Rice Resea…
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CGIAR introduces agricultural science initiatives for the Philippines
17.07.22To create and foster better opportunities for the transformation of the Philippine agrifood sector, …
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IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
17.07.2227 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean BaliÃ…
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