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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-
Big data
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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Unity Against Uncertainty: Experts Come Together to Combat Rice False Smut
04.12.24LOS BANOS, Philippines, October 14-17, 2024 —Plant pathology experts from Asia, Africa, Europe, an…
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EXPLAINER: How can socio-technical innovation bundles help women farmers?
03.12.24-
Gender equality
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Social inclusion
Socio-technical innovation bundles (STIBs) are social, technical, and technological solutions partne…
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ClimBeR: Defining strategies to increase Filipino farmers’ climate resilience
02.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
MANILA, Philippines - November 28, 2024 - The Philippines, one of the world's most climate-vulnerabl…
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3rd Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition 2024 Highlights Sustainable Transformation in the Rice Sector
02.12.24-
Food security
The conference emphasized the need to align rice production with the Paris Agreement, UN SDGs,…
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ASEAN-CGIAR Program Advances Food and Nutrition Security in ASEAN
02.12.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
13 November 2024 - The ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional Program recentl…
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Homestead agricultural mechanization empowers women in Bangladesh
28.11.24-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
by Bushra Humaira Sadaf, Md Abdul Haque, Abu Abdullah Miajy, Sharif Ahmed, Humnath Bhandari This…
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Experts call for integrated, multisectoral approach in food systems transformation in COP session
28.11.24-
Food security
BAKU, Azerbaijan (21 November 2024) - In the face of mounting challenges from climate change,…
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IRRI hosts CGIAR system-wide workshop on shared services for breeders in Asia
28.11.24-
Food security
From November 12–14, 2024, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) hosted the CGIAR Breed…
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IRRI’s Methane Accelerator for Southeast Asia (MASEA) Takes Off
21.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Thailand (14 November 2024) - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched an ambit…
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Scaling sustainable rice farming and nutrition-focused resilience in Asia-Pacific: A COP29 Call to action
18.11.24-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024 - During the first week of COP29, the urgency to…
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IRRI and 17-country council convene to advance rice research and innovation in Asia
08.11.24-
Food security
LOS BANOS, Philippines (7 November 2024) ~ The Council for Partnership on Rice Research in…
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How digging into root science can help crops grow in dry conditions
07.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (6 November 2024) —The importance of roots in plant growth is often…
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Building Partnerships for Innovative Rice Straw Management: Key to a Greener Future
05.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
KLUANG, Malaysia (25-26 October 2024) - Experts from governments, non-government organizations, acad…
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Sorjan Farming: A Climate-Smart Solution for Coastal Bangladesh
29.10.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
by Sharif Ahmed, Manik Debnath, Bushra Humaira Sadaf, and Humnath Bhandari In the face of…
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From Theory to Action – Agriculture’s call to implement MRV for accurate climate reporting
28.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The agricultural sector contributes significantly to global GHG emissions. Accurate monitoring and m…
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UP Agriculture Ministry and IRRI announces 13th National Seed Congress
28.10.24-
Food security
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, (October 16, 2024) – The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare…
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Boosting India's Rice Yields: A data-driven approach to sustainable agriculture
18.10.24-
Food security
Big data and machine learning combined with scenario and spatial analysis can identify context-depen…
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IRRI completes intensive refresher course on stewardship
17.10.24The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently concluded a two-month, 10-module refresher…
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