Wednesday, April 13, 2016

IRRI warns of looming global food crisis

Manila Bulletin | 13 April 2016
Edd Usman

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna warned that climate change is a factor that can drive a longer span of food crisis across the world. Read more

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

IRRI cảnh báo dự trữ gạo ở các nước xuất khẩu xuống thấp (Vietnamese) (Vietnamese)

Kinhte Saigon Online | 12 April 2016

Hạn hán kéo dài do hiện tượng thời tiết El Nino có thể khiến dự trữ ở các nước xuất khẩu gạo hàng đầu thế giới giảm xuống mức thấp nhất kể từ năm 2008.Read more

Satellite technology takes root in Philippine farms

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 12 April 2016

Through a partnership with the International Rice Research Institute, the DA has been harnessing the latest technology such as remote sensing, crop modeling, cloud computing, and smartphone-based surveys to boost what—for most Filipinos—is seen as a decidedly low-tech agriculture sector. Read more

INTERVIEW-Drought could hit rice stocks at exporters, fuel price crisis -analyst

Reuters | 12 April 2016

Total stocks in top shippers of the grain India, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and the United States are likely to fall to 19 million tonnes by the second half of the year, from a peak of nearly 41 million tonnes in 2013, said Samarendu Mohanty, head of the social sciences division at the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute. Read more

Monday, April 11, 2016

Vietnam could disrupt plans to bolster NFA’s rice buffers

Business World | 11 April 2016
Janina Lim

“This will be an interesting few months for the global market, which faces a tight supply situation for the first time since 2007-08,” according to a post by Dr. Sam Mohanty, head of the Social Sciences Division of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) dated Feb. 22 on the official IRRI Web site. Read more

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Thai rice officials visit IRRI; stronger partnership afoot

Manila Bulletin | 10 April 2016
Edd Usman

A delegation dispatched by the Royal Government of Thailand visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna is aiming for a stronger partnership. Read more

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