Salinity-tolerant rice variety set to boost rice yield in stress-prone areas in Kenya
13 February 2023, Kenya: Millions of hectares of land suited to rice production in Asia and Africa are not currently used because
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CGIAR and IRRI ramp up Seed Equal Initiative in South Asia with rice seed workshops for India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
28 December 2022, Asia: The new CGIAR Initiative Seed Equal- Delivering Genetic Gains to Farmers Fields is accelerating its engagement with rice sector stakeholders and
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Seed Equal launches in Mekong Delta with climate-resilient rice seed production workshop
05 December 2022, Vietnam: OneCGIAR-IRRI launched its new global initiative Seed Equal- Delivering Genetic Gains to Farmers Fields Initiative in Mekong River
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Promoting Agricultural Transition in Asian Mega-Deltas
01 December 2022, Asia: To highlight the lessons learned, challenges ahead, and recommendations that could be taken into account for agricultural transformations
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IRRI Advancing the Goal of Cross-Border NARES Knowledge Exchange
06 October 2022, New Delhi: The week of 26th to 30th September 2022 will be marked in IRRI’s calendar as the
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Mainstreaming rice straw circular economy in Vietnam
29 September 2022, Vietnam: To promote rice straw circular economy in Vietnam, the international Rice Research Institute (IRRI), together with the
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How to make rice production more sustainable in Bangladesh?
21 September 2022, Bangladesh: Researchers identified sustainable crop production models and technologies that farmers and researchers in Bangladesh can adopt to
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SpeedBreed: A crop breeding center built for speed
20 September 2022, Australia: The time it takes to develop new varieties of economically important crops like rice, wheat and maize is
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Nepal releases seven new and improved rice varieties to increase domestic rice production
31 August 2022, Nepal: The National Seed Board of Nepal has approved the release of seven new rice varieties for cultivation
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Eleven new and improved rice varieties released in Burundi
19 August 2022, Philippines: Recently, the Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) released eleven new and improved rice varieties that are
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