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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
16.05.25-
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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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Rice varietal cafeterias: An effective extension tool for promoting climate-resilient rice
08.07.19The rice varietal cafeteria provides a space where farmers and other stakeholders interact, discuss,…
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IRRI, CCAFS support the promotion of climate-smart rice production in Vietnam
05.07.19To mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation in rice production, the National Agriculture …
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IRRI partners with social enterprise to incubate women’s producer company
05.07.19As a concerted effort to test various models of women’s entrepreneurship development in rice agri-…
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Seed Sorting: From Harvest to Genebank
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An automatic seed sorter is now making the task of sorting seeds more efficient at…
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Launch of CIPRiSSA-Gambia report
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has mandated AfricaRice to lead the development of ‘Continenta…
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IRRI, WorldFish, and IWMI commit to a food systems transformation in South and Southeast Asia
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), WorldFish, and the International Water Management …
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
08.04.19-
Environmental health
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14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakehol…
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Agreement on multi-country seed-sharing reached
02.04.19-
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SIEM REAP, Cambodia (9–10 June 2017) - Two more countries have joined a regional seed…
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IRRI-IAARD to accelerate impact delivery with new rice research hub
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Food security
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01 April, 2018 – BOGOR, INDONESIA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Direct…
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Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative to reduce environmental footprint of rice production
26.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Bangkok, Thailand, 26 March 2019 – A major new consortium today announced the Sustainable…
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On the shoulders of giants, IRRI launches AGGRi Alliance
26.03.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Building on its success in developing and delivering improved rice varieties in South Asia and…
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Australian-funded projects are helping Myanmar rice farmers improve their livelihood and income
25.03.19-
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MAUBIN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar—Rice farmers in Ayeyarwady and Bago Regions are reaping the benefits from…
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Rice-fish farming could help boost farmers’ income in Myanmar’s “rice bowl”
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Biodiversity
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MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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IRRI, WorldFish and Myanmar work together to optimize rice-fish farming productivity
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IRRI, together with WorldFish and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation of Myanmar …
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Enhancing Iloilo’s rice productivity through innovations on land leveling and rice straw management
22.03.19-
Food security
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Iloilo is one of the major rice baskets in the Philippines, and mechanization could play…
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Google Blog: Analyzing 3K rice genomes characterized by DeepVariant
21.03.19-
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The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP) is a collaborative, international research program that has…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
15.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakeholder res…
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