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06 February 2026, Vietnam: The “Rice Straw-Based Circular Economy for Improved Biodiversity and Sustainability” (RiceEco) project, funded by the Mekong-Korea Cooperation

By Glenn Concepcion 06 February 2026, Philippines: The world’s “cereal bowl”, or the production of rice, wheat, and maize, is under the dual challenges of a surging human population and a rapidly warming climate.

05 February 2026, Hanoi: Low-emission rice could become one of Southeast Asia’s strongest climate change solutions with more supportive policies, investment

29 January 2026, New Delhi: Climate change poses growing risks to food systems in India, disproportionately affecting smallholder farmers, women, and

27 January 2026, Uttar Pradesh: Dr. Sudhanshu Singh, Director of the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), has received the Uttar Pradesh

19 January 2026, Odisha: Minister of Health & Family Welfare, IT, and Assembly Affairs, Dr. Mukesh Mahaling, visited the Rice Varietal Cafeteria

16 January 2026, Laguna: Korean Ambassador Lee Sang-hwa visited the soon-to-open Agri-Genomics Research Center (AGRC) at the University of the Philippines Los

19 December 2025, Bangladesh: Farmers in Bangladesh’s flood-prone haor (wetlands) region are testing new rice varieties designed to withstand floods, short planting

19 December 2025, New Delhi: IRRI recently welcomed back one of its most distinguished scientists, Dr. Gurdev Khush, whose groundbreaking work in

18 December 2025, Vietnam: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Vietnam Rice Sector Association (VIETRISA) launched the ViRiCert, a new