Friday, April 8, 2016

Global role of Sri Lankan rice to feed the world

The Sunday Times | 3 April 2016

Several rice cultivars developed in Sri Lanka are cultivated at a considerable scale in 15 other countries across the globe to meet their demand of hunger. This global mission of Sri Lankan rice has been carried out through the cooperation of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Philippines. Read more

IRRI says low global rice inventory a threat

Malaya | 1 April 2016
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)  yesterday  warned of thinning rice stocks across Asia that could lead to higher prices  in the region, including in the Philippines. Read more

IRRI mulls exchange programme with IGAU

The Pioneer | 5 April 2016

Staff and students of Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGAU), Raipur may soon get a chance to visit International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Manila, Philippines. Read more

Opinion: Cambodian rice industry endangered by bad policy

Asia Sentinel | 5 April 2016

It wasn’t until the 1990s that Cambodia, for the first time in three decades, returned to self-sufficiency with assistance from the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, which reestablished indigenous rice varieties from its seed bank in Los Banos, in the Philippines. Read more

Drought-resistant palay pushed

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 6 April 2016

The International Rice Research Institute yesterday called on rice farmers to try drought-tolerant varieties as the El Niño weather phenomenon continued to threaten farmers’ livelihood and the country’s food security. Read more

Mekong megadrought erodes food security

Science Magazine | 6 April 2016

Several factors reduced the Mekong to a trickle this year, says Leocadio Sebastian, regional program leader for the International Rice Research Institute’s office in Hanoi. Read more

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Drought tolerant rice varieties offered to Asian farmers struggling with El Niño’s low rainfall

Genetic Literacy Project | 6 April 2016

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have been working together to breed and disseminate seeds of drought-tolerant rice varieties that can better survive the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. Read more