The brains and brawn behind IR8 The brains and brawn behind IR8 October 25, 2016 Dr. Robert Chandler was appointed by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to be IRRI’s first director general...Read More
Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words October 25, 2016 This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf...Read More
IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research October 21, 2016 As “Royal Patron” of IRRI, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej shared with the rice research community his...Read More
A tribute to the Rice King A tribute to the Rice King October 15, 2016 Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic...Read More
Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers September 26, 2016 A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the...Read More
Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice July 13, 2016 CURE and its partners, led by Lao’s Agriculture Research Center, show farmers how to grow flood- and...Read More
Myanmar partners produce high-yielding salinity-tolerant rice varieties Myanmar partners produce high-yielding salinity-tolerant rice varieties July 8, 2016 Sixty farmers participated in evaluating new salinity-tolerant rice varieties in a farmer’s field in Meikhtilar District, Mandalay...Read More
Profiles of successful seed producer-farmers in Nepal Profiles of successful seed producer-farmers in Nepal July 1, 2016 With no advanced education, Khushi Ram Mishra and Lok Nath Devkota have become successful seed producer farmers...Read More
Breeding rice for short- and long-term floods in Vietnam Breeding rice for short- and long-term floods in Vietnam June 1, 2016 Scientists are breeding rice varieties with submergence tolerance and stagnant flooding tolerance to help boost Vietnam’s competitive...Read More
Joint action from ASEAN, other rice-growing countries, key to managing looming food crisis Joint action from ASEAN, other rice-growing countries, key to managing looming food crisis April 14, 2016 The world may be confronted with a global food crisis similar to the 2007-08 crisis as a result...Read More