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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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Cloud computing to help the rice sector in the Philippines
05.12.19In the photo are (from L to R): Dr. Ajay Kohli, IRRI Strategic Innovation…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
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Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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IRRI secures ASEAN Member States (AMS) endorsement for ASEAN Rice Net
07.11.19-
Food security
(Photo caption: Dr. Morell met with H.E. Dato Ali Apong to compliment the Government…
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Hybrid rice review: Updating notions about hybrid rice
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Environmental health
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Recent research and technological advancements have significantly improved the quality and viability…
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ADB-IRRI eye increased investments for sustainable agriculture technologies
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have recently …
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Outsmarting the enemy through proactive rice science
28.10.19-
Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is collaborating with partners in the Healthy Crops…
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
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Biodiversity
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A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
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Food security
The world urgently needs a transformation of the global food system, leading to healthier diets…
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Closing the gap: women-focused initiative empowers farmers in Odisha
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Women farmers make up a sizeable part of rice production, but they have less opportunities…
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Conference highlights need for increased climate funding for rice agri-food systems
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A global conference is calling for more investment in climate change initiatives for the world’s…
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Regional Focus: Working towards healthy diets
20.09.19-
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Nutrition
IRRI's regional representative for South Asia, Nafees Meah, speaks with Geography and You to discuss…
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IRRI co-organizes multi-stakeholder dialogue to strengthen extension and advisory services in Odisha
11.09.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), together with the Department of Agriculture and Fa…
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Scaling up channels for innovative digital service to reach more farmers in Odisha
06.09.19Rice Crop Manager service available at Common Service Centres (CSC) The International Rice Re…
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
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16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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Rice Doctor -An innovative technological approach to enhance rice production
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Crop losses due to insect pests and diseases are a major threat to farming communities…
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IRRI, Tao Corporation sign pact for the commercialization and distribution of elite hybrid rice varieties across the Philippines
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Partnership seen to give local rice farmers better access to seeds of high-yielding and climate-resi…
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Addressing the effects of climate change on rice productivity: ADB, IRRI convene three-country policy workshops on scaling-up climate-smart practices for sustainable and intensive rice-based farming
18.07.19Workshops aimed at developing policy recommendations to promote widespread adoption of climat…
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