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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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Cambodia and IRRI sign 4-Year Collaborative Work Plan to modernize and accelerate rice sector
21.05.20-
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Phnom Penh, 20 May 2020 - The Royal Government of Cambodia, through the Ministry of…
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COVID-19’s long shadow darkens the future of Southeast Asia’s food security
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5 May 2020, Los Banos, Philippines/Bangkok, Thailand — As COVID-19 continues to threaten th…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
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Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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What the COVID-19 led Global Economic Recession could mean for Rice-Based Food Security in Asia
28.04.20-
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By Harold Glenn A. Valera, Jean Balié, and Valerien O. Pede An economic slowdown…
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Policy Brief: Creating Sustainable Value Chains For Transforming Food Systems
16.04.20-
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The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting food value chains across South Asia. It is now…
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Averting an agricultural crisis: Setting Food And Nutrition Systems right during Covid-19 times
14.04.20-
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by Nafees Meah, Prakashan Chellattan Veettil and Basanta Kumar Kar (Recipient of Global Nutrition Le…
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Is COVID19 a threat to the stability of rice price and supply?
08.04.20-
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by Jean Balié and Harold G. Valera As governments around the world are realizing the…
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Partnership between IRRI and AgriPlex enhances genotyping support for rice breeders worldwide
07.04.20Los Baños, Philippines, and Cleveland, USA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI…
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IRRI committed to working with partners, governments to ensure continued food and nutrition security amid COVID-19 outbreak
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As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across almost 200 countries and territories around the world…
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IRRI, CCAFS, CCAC boost GHG mitigation in Vietnam to reach NDC targets
01.04.20In Vietnam, rice is a dominant and important crop. Yet, traditional paddy rice production…
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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IRRI inks MoU furthering research cooperation with Nepal’s Agriculture & Forestry University
21.02.2014 February 2020, Kathmandu, Nepal – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director …
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IRRI India, IRRI SARC, convene on Transforming Food Systems through Sustainable Value Chains
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04 February Delhi, India - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Office in…
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IRRI SARC hosts Maharashtra delegation to share best practices and innovations in farming
20.01.20Varanasi, 12 January 2020 - Hon’ble Shri Sunil Baburao Mendhe, Member of Parliament from…
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Food imperatives in context of the agriculture, nutrition, and environment nexus
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IRRI Representative for South Asia Dr. Nafees Meah is the guest editor for “Food…
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Advancing state goals with better rice varieties: Bihar Principal Secretary of Agriculture visits ISARC
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ISARC Director Dr. Arvind Kumar tours Government of Bihar’s Principal Secretary of the Depa…
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New CGIAR ‘GENDER’ Platform and investment announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits and greater food security in developing countries
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Nairobi, Kenya, 18 December 2019 — CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future,…
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Philippines approves Golden Rice for direct use as food and feed, or for processing
18.12.19December 18, Philippines - After rigorous biosafety assessment, Golden Rice “has been found…
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