Loop surveys were conducted in the wet and dry season every four to five years from 1966-67...
green revolution
It was 50 years ago this 28 November that the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) released a...
The overreaction of rice farmers towards pests and diseases is creating the biggest negative impact on Cambodia’s...
Dr. Robert Chandler was appointed by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to be IRRI’s first director general...
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
This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf...
Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic...
An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...
A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the...
With no advanced education, Khushi Ram Mishra and Lok Nath Devkota have become successful seed producer farmers...
“The potential is there, but you can’t eat potential.” This is one of the most memorable statements...
