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IRRI Bulletin: May 2014
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The Hub (staff only). Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Story of the day. First-of-its-kind seed driller makes deep impact at field demo. By Bianca Ferrer 30 May 2014. Sam's rice price and market blog. El Niño and politics grip the global rice market. As head of the Social Sciences Division, Sam recruits and retains quality staff and creates a conducive environment for research and professional development and conduct research on all aspects of rice including marketing, policy and trade and impact assessment. In 199...
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IRRI Bulletin: June 2015
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The Hub (staff only). Tuesday, 23 June 2015. 2015 27 (22-26 June). Is now available to all staff members. To send your comments, suggestions, and/or contributions, email corpcomm@irri.org. Regional cooperation and ‘correct’ pricing key to sustainable rice production. HANOI, Vietnam - Mainstreaming good practices, finding the ‘right price’ of rice, and working together as a region are crucial to making rice production sustainable. Held in the Vietnamese capital. Read more. Rice and climate change research.
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IRRI Bulletin: January 2015
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The Hub (staff only). Friday, 30 January 2015. Special Bulletin 2015.07 (30 January). IRRI breeding steps up for future of rice. The task of enabling current and future rice systems to produce rice that is needed to feed the world by 2035, is fueling the breeding agenda of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). This was among the innovations in rice research discussed during the IRRI- Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) Science Week held in IRRI, 26-30 January 2015. Read more. In recent ye...
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IRRI Bulletin: June 2014
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The Hub (staff only). Wednesday, 25 June 2014. Art foundation and IRRI join efforts to preserve cultural treasures. The two Manansalas at the IRRI Headquarters in Los Baños are up for a proper ‘R and R,’ thanks to a donation from the Friends of Manansala Foundation, Inc., or FMFI. Read more. SINoP awards scholarships to deserving high school students. In addition to the high school scholarships, SINoP continues to sponsor Angeline Quinones, a BS Computer Science student at Laguna College who is now on he...
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IRRI Bulletin: July 2015
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The Hub (staff only). Monday, 27 July 2015. Bob Zeigler at the World Affairs Council. Feeding the next billion. As the global population continues its rapid growth, this problem seems likely to grow as well. By 2050, the world will have 2 billion more mouths to feed, many of whom will be born in rice-producing and consuming countries. Watch video. Bob Zeigler 31 July 2015. What kind of guy is Bill Gates? IRRI scientist receives Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for outstanding research. Arvind Kumar, IRRI senior s...
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IRRI Bulletin: April 2015
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The Hub (staff only). Monday, 27 April 2015. 201519 (27 April-1 May). Editor's note: Due to technical issues, we are resending the Bulletin as some recipients in the IRRI community were not able to receive this last week. Apologies to those who have already received this issue. In her Instagram account, Kris thanked IRRI for hosting the tour, which she found "super educational, informative and delicious" ( click to see post. Heirloom rice featured at Madrid Fusion Manila. Heirloom rice, a special type of...
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IRRI Bulletin: May 2015
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The Hub (staff only). Monday, 25 May 2015. 2015 23 (25-29 May). Myanmar poised to regain major role in global rice trade. NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar - The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is poised to not only transform its rice sector but to also recapture its prominence in the international rice market. Read more. Satellite imagery to soon enable large-scale monitoring of Asia’s rice areas. Impact from El Niño? The rice market is not bothered. Rice Today (April- June 2015). This month in IRRI h. Seventy part...
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Rice and Climate Change News: October 2014
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Rice and Climate Change News. Rice and Climate Change Research. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Launching of program to reduce methane emission from rice production. Los Baños, Philippines. 8211; A consortium of agricultural and environmental scientists will soon be launching a program that aims to reduce methane emissions from rice production in target countries. The International Rice Research Institute. IRRI), International Center forTropical Agriculture. Years of IRRI research show that AWD could reduce me...
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IRRI Bulletin: October 2014
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The Hub (staff only). Friday, 31 October 2014. Special IRC Issue 2014.36 (31 October). Broad agreement among Asian countries on rice research agenda. BANGKOK, Thailand, 31 October 2014 - Senior agriculture officials of several Asian countries said that the research program of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) aligns well with their national priorities. Let market set rice prices, says expert. Science and policy snippets from IRC2014 (October 30). Partnerships among governments and the priv...
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Rice survivor: January 2014
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Saturday, 4 January 2014. A rice survivor participant tells her story: transplanting rice mechanically could be fun the second time around*. It’s transplanting time for Team B-IRRI-Ani. We were supposed to transplant on January 2, but when we went to the Experiment Station, the wetland leveler would still have to be done. So we were advised to come back on January 3, 730 AM. Don’t grip the handles firmly. Just grasp the handle and let the machine glide smoothly. My added best practices:. The pattern is s...
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