rice research

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...

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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...

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Digital genes

Digital genes

October 12, 2016

An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...

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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...

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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...

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Crop models underestimate climate change impact on global rice production

Crop models underestimate climate change impact on global rice production

June 13, 2016

A paper recently published in Nature Scientific Reports contends that crop models provide inaccurate estimates of rice...

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Filipino farmers host “field summit” with Asian rice experts

Filipino farmers host “field summit” with Asian rice experts

June 9, 2016

  BULACAN, Philippines—Several farmers from San Ildefonso town recently (26 May) hosted a “field summit” with rice...

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“Dam” good heroes

“Dam” good heroes

June 1, 2016

A small dam in M’bé near Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire represents the inspiring story of unsung heroes who...

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Finding flood-prone rice areas in West Africa

Finding flood-prone rice areas in West Africa

March 2, 2016

Rice, cultivated in the flood plains along the Niger River and its tributaries in Nigeria’s northern states,...

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Holding back flood, sweat, and tears

Holding back flood, sweat, and tears

February 22, 2016

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