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Achim Dobermann's blog
Dr. Achim Dobermann
Dr. Achim Dobermann is IRRI's deputy director general for research.
Achim talks about about his challenge to personally grow rice following recommended best practices, test these out, and try and see things better from the farmers' side. He and his sidekick, Leigh Vial, are now on their second season of IRRI's first reality show, the IRRI Agronomy Challenge.
View items...Bruce Tolentino's blog
Dr. Bruce Tolentino
Dr. Bruce Tolentino is IRRI's deputy director general for communication and partnerships.
In this blog, Bruce shares his experiences.
View items...Bob's blog: news and views from IRRI's director general
Dr. Robert Zeigler
Dr. Robert "Bob" Zeigler is the director general of the International Rice Research Institute.
Bob started off teaching science with the Peace Corps in Africa and went on to research plant diseases in South America, Asia, and the USA.
He tirelessly advocates the work of IRRI across the world to foster wider awareness of the issues facing rice farmers and consumers in the developing world and to garner support for rice research. He travels widely and shares his stories and opinions in this blog.
View items...Bas Bouman's blog - Global Rice Science Partnership
Dr. Bas Bouman is the Director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), which is the CGIAR Research Program on Rice.
In his blog, Bas explores topics of interest across rice research and development worldwide and shares his expertise in specific areas of science.
View items...Sam's rice price and market blog
Keeping rice prices affordable for everyone – including the poorest rice consumers – is an underlying aim for IRRI.
In this blog, our economic and policy experts will share their expertise and views on issues related to rice prices, the supply and demand of rice, and rice market and policy issues. Key contributors include economist Samarendu Mohanty, who heads IRRI's Social Sciences Division and regularly contributes articles on the rice market to Rice Today: Rice Facts.
See some of the latest slides on rice supply and demand.
View items...Fresh hot rice... science
Find the hottest rice science publications from IRRI right here. IRRI scientists regularly author papers that are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. This blog summarizes new publications and provides you with a link and reference to the full paper. It is also a space for IRRI to comment on other important rice research.
You might also like to see a full list of journal papers by IRRI scientists.
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Our work to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency involves many people around the world.
Here are the latest stories about what we’re doing.
Rice Survivor is a challenge to put rice scientists to the test! Four teams comprised of IRRI staff and scholars are competing against each other to see who can grow the best rice crop.
Follow the teams through photos and podcasts on the Rice Survivor blog.
