IRRI news
IRRI news
This is the IRRI News page covering the period January 2010-July 2012. More recent news is available here.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:21
Blog about IRRI rice science
Want to get a snapshot of journal papers IRRI scientists are publishing – then check out our new rice science blog: “Fresh hot rice…science”.
Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:00
GRiSP 2011 annual report out now
Catch up on great stories of rice research and development from around the world in the 2011 annual report for the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP).
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:58
New GRiSP director announced
Dr. Bas Bouman has been announced as the new director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) effective as of 1 September 2012.
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:08
NEST trainees apply new skills as first aid team in local bike race
The Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NEST) training’s recent graduates in BarangayTuntungin, Los Baños, were tested promptly as they were sent as the first aid team for the Off-Road Downhill Race held on 28 April 2011 in the area. The NEST graduates, who underwent training and drills on disasters and…
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:04
Farmer cooperative group visits IRRI
One hundred and fifty members of the Samahan ng mga Magsasaka ng Pagsanjan (SMAP) visited IRRI on 27 April 2012 and were awed upon learning what IRRI is doing to feed the world through rice research. The farmers viewed an audiovisual presentation on IRRI’s global work, “Rice Science for…
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:03
IRRI-ADB Project holds video production workshop for outscaling postharvest technologies
To further improve the spread of new postharvest technologies, the IRRI-Asian Development Bank-funded Postharvest Project held a video production workshop for outscaling postharvest technologies on 24-27 April at the IRRI Training Center. Eleven information officers from the Mindanao Rural Development Program, Caraga Region, and Cebu and Camarines Sur provinces,…
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:02
IRRI staff members win best paper award in biotech meet
The paper entitled Increasing iron content in rice by overexpression of OsYSL2 transporter gene via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, presented by Cheryl Adeva, won as the best oral paper in the 8th Philippine Association for Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (PAPTCB, Inc.) Scientific Convention held in Boracay, Aklan Province, on 23-28 April…
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:02
IRRI downdraft rice hull furnace now commercialized in the Philippines
After the intensive testing and evaluation of the development prototype, IRRI's downdraft rice hull furnace (dRHF) is now on its way to being commercialized. Modifications based on results and observations from testing under actual field conditions have been integrated into the prototype and this has resulted in a version for…
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 17:01
China: Arthropod biodiversity seminar and third field exploration held in Hainan Island
A one-day seminar, Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in rice production, jointly organized by Hainan University and the International Rice Research Institute, was held on 19 April 2012. The seminar was conducted under the project Conserving Arthropod Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Rice Environments of Hainan Island. Topics covered…
