Friday, January 29, 2016

PNoy hosts state dinner for Japan's imperial couple

GMA News | 17  January 2016

"As Their Majesties will be visiting IRRI (International Rice Research Institute), the President and the Emperor spoke extensively about its importance to global agricultural developments. The meeting was characterized by warmth and congeniality," Del Rosario added. Read more  | View the video 

Japan’s emperor, empress arrive in Manila for 5-day visit

Inquirer.net | 26 January 2016

On Friday, Akihito and Michiko will visit the Japanese Memorial Garden in Caliraya and the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna. Read more 

Aquino, Akihito talk about traffic, economy, fond memories

Sun Star Manila | 27 January 2016

With the visit of Akihito and Michiko to the International Rice Research Institute in Laguna, Del Rosario said the President and the Emperor spoke extensively about its importance to global agricultural developments. Read more

Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko arriving Jan. 26

Manila Bulletin | 26 January 2016

In the morning of January 29, the Imperial Couple will depart Manila for Caliraya to offer flowers at the Japanese Memorial Garden, a monument for the Japanese war dead. Relatives of the dead will be present during the ceremony.

They will depart Caliraya for Los Baños in the afternoon for a tour of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

The Emperor and Empress will end their State Visit in the morning of January 30. Read more 

Thursday, January 28, 2016

IRRI opens US$10-million facility dedicated to studying climate change effects on plant growth

Food Evolution | 28 January 2016

A group of agricultural scientists and development officials have gathered last week at the Lloyd T. Evans Plant Growth Facility (PGF) at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) compound in Los Baños, Laguna to witness the opening of the US$ 10-million state-of-the-art facility that would be dedicated to the study of climate change effects on rice development. Read more

$10-M IRRI seed lab to study climate change effect on rice

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 27 January 2016

A $10-million (approximately P480 million) plant-growth facility, meant for the studies of the impact of climate change on rice production, has started operating at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) compound here. Read more

Climate change and GMOs: Can non transgenic varieties address global challenges?

Genetic Literacy Project | 25 January 2016

The International Rice Research Institute, based in Los Baños, Philippines, conducts a great deal of experiments on rice breeding and growing, and about 95 percent of those tests do not use transgenic technology. Read more

Aussie envoy lauds IRRI’s climate change research facility

PNA Calabarzon/Balita | 22 January 2016

Gorely, during her visit at the sprawling International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) complex here, expressed elation on her first out-of-town visit to this premier global rice research institution for the dedication ceremony of the Australian-funded infrastructure Lloyd T. Evans Plant Growth Facility (PGF). Read more

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Palay na kayang tumagal sa matinding init, pagbaha, naimbento sa IRRI (in Filipino)

TV 5 News | 20 January 2016

Higit-kumulang sa 20 ang bagyong nanalasa sa Pilipinas kada taon. Bukod sa buhay ng tao, ang isa sa matinding napipinsala ay ang palay na pangunahing pagkain ng mga Pinoy. Kaya naman ang mga eksperto sa International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sa Laguna, naka-imbento ng palay na kayang tumagal sa matinding tag-init o pagbaha. View video

IRRI opens state-of-the-art climate change research facility

Philippines News Agency | 20 January 2016

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) complex here will be home to the country’s state-of-the-art climate change research facility which is set to open on Thursday. Read more

Eminent citizens seek due recognition for Dr Mahabub

The Daily Star | 20 January 2016

The contribution of development economist Dr Mahabub Hossain in Bangladesh's agriculture and rural development is unique, said speakers at a civic condolence meeting yesterday, in the capital's Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh. Dr Hossain served as head of social science division of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), executive director of Brac, and director general of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), among others. Read more

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Australia-funded plant growth facility to open at the International Rice Research Institute

SeedQuest | 19 January 2016

The dedication of the Lloyd T. Evans Plant Growth Facility (PGF) on the campus of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which will take place at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon (January 21), emphasizes the Institute’s commitment to working toward food and nutrition security for future generations. Read more

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Economist with a passion for the poor

The Daily Star | 11 January 2016

Mahabub bhai had already left BIDS to work at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. He worked at IRRI for more than 15 years as economist and head of the Social Sciences Division. Read more

EDITORIAL - Science and the environment

Philippine Star | 10 January 2016

If certain environmental warriors were active several decades ago, the so-called miracle rice might never have been developed at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna. Instead in 1969, the IRRI received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding for seven years of interdisciplinary collaboration among Asian and Western scientists to achieve “radical, rapid advances in rice culture” and consequently easing global hunger. Read more

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Collaborative project to 'turbocharge' rice and reduce world hunger enters important new phase

Danforth Plant Science center | 5 January 2016

Robert Zeigler of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) described the project as ‘one of the great undertakings in plant sciences of the early 21st century’. Zeigler said, “Unless we can translate our work into meaningful products adopted by rice farmers worldwide, this will remain simply an academic pursuit. The unique partnerships that characterize this program should make sure this happens.” Read more

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

The tale of a prominent economist

Dhaka Tribune | 5 January 2016

Dr Mahabub Hossain was not only an agricultural economist, he was also internationally renowned as a development economist. Then, in 1992, he was a chief of the Social Sciences Division and program leader of the Rain-fed Ecosystems Program of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. Read more

Economist Dr Mahabub passes away

The Daily Star | 5 January 2016

Dr Mahabub Hossain, one of the best known agricultural and development economists in Bangladesh and South Asia, passed away at a US hospital on Sunday after a battle with heart disease. The eminent economist served as the head of social science division of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), executive director of Brac, and director general of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). Read more

A ‘cloud’ hovers over rice research and other agricultural innovations

Philippine Star | 4 January 2016

When you start using shared computing resources delivered over the Internet instead of building your own infrastructure — storage, servers and machines — something radically changes within. Take the case of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the world’s premier research organization established to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science. Read more