Partnerships

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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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...

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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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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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From crop production to market: Improving the livelihood of Pakistan’s basmati rice farmers

From crop production to market: Improving the livelihood of Pakistan’s basmati rice farmers

March 18, 2016

A program for improving Pakistan’s basmati rice for the export market is a shining example of how...

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