Free phone advice helps Indonesian rice farmers earn more
Indonesian farmers could earn an added net income of US$100 or more per hectare per season by following fertilizer advice from a new service they can now access for free with their mobile phone. The mobile phone application of Nutrient Manager for Rice (NMRice) in Indonesia... Read moreNews
IRRI launches rice science blog
Want to get a snapshot of journal papers IRRI scientists are publishing—then check out our new rice science blog: Fresh hot rice…science. We’ve published only a few blog items so far covering some IRRI-authored papers from 2011 and 2012, but our aim is to write a short blog... Read more News
Philippines: Season-long rice farming training program starts for African agronomists
An 18-week season-long rice farming training program for extension agronomists from African countries commenced at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, on 25 June 2012. The program, now in its second offering, has 26 participants... Read more News
Thailand: Young socioeconomic researchers undergo methodology and data management training
The Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE) organized a training-workshop on methodologies and data management for socioeconomic studies for young researchers on 11-13 July 2012 at the Nakhon Ratchasima Rice Research Institute (NRRC) in Nakhon... Read more
PBGB Division Seminar
Can agriculture feed and fuel the world? A role for plant biotechnology
By Trevor Stevenson, molecular biologist, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1400 H, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 | Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI
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India: Research and delivery stakeholders meet in Odisha
More than 50 representatives from the government, private sector, universities, NGOs, and various other institutions gathered for the Odisha Research and Delivery Hub Expert Consultation Meeting at the Mayfair Convention Center in Bhubaneshwar, India, on 10 July 2012. Read more
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New system to support IRRI staff nears implementation
OCS, or One Corporate System, is a new software that IRRI is adopting to help staff manage projects, human resources, and finances, and perform other administrative functions. In the last quarter of 2012, OCS will start replacing outdated, costly, and unsupported... Read more
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Filipino professor at NYU is guest in June researchers' lunch
The IRRI Young Researchers had a lively discussion with Michael Purugganan during their monthly lunch gathering on Wednesday, 27 June. Dr. Purugganan is professor of genomics and associate director of the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at New York University. Read more
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IRRI holds personality development course for out-of-school youth
IRRI, through its Host Country and Community Relations Office (HCCRO), designed and facilitated another 2-day training course on personality development and teambuilding for 45 students of the Alternative Learning Systems (ALS) in Los Baños, Laguna. Read more
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First offering of RDM 201 training course held
The first offering of Research Data Management 201: Advanced SQL started today (17 July 2012) at the I.T. Learning Center in IRRI and will run for 3 half-days. In this course, some advanced functions and queries that can be useful when building more complex applications... Read more
HRS news
IRRI holds training course on personal skills for professional development
IRRI's Human Resource Services, in partnership with Learning Tree International, conducted a training program, Personal Skills for Professional Development (PSPD), for the third time in the Philippines. Course participants are postdoctoral fellows and other scientists in the... Read more
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IRRI Toastmasters Club wins award, elects officers
The IRRI Toastmasters Club (TMC) has been conferred the President's Distinguished Club award, the highest award given to Toastmaster International (TI) clubs, for the fourth time—earning a mention by TI President Michael Notario in his speech during the TI International Convention... Read more
PBGB Division Seminar
Genetic mechanisms of salinity tolerance at reproductive stage in rice
By Reza Mohammadi, Ph.D. scholar, PBGB, IRRI
1400 H, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 | Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI
1400 H, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 | Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI
SSD Seminar
Guidance and technology: An assessment of project intervention and promoted technologies
By Justin McKinley, intern, SSD, IRRI
1530-1630 H, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 | SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall, IRRI
1530-1630 H, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 | SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall, IRRI
PBGB Division Seminar
Can agriculture feed and fuel the world? A role for plant biotechnology
By Trevor Stevenson, molecular biologist, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1400 H, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 | Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI
Announcement
Invitation to join social science network
SSD is inviting the following to join the Social Science Network: economists, anthropologists, sociologists, human ecologists, psychologists, geographers, public policy specialists, political scientists, marketing specialists, business model specialists, and other related social science disciplines who have completed or are in the process of completing a graduate degree (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) and have at least 1 year of developing country experience; and social scientists across the globe with research interests or experience in Southeast Asia and South Asia on rice-based cropping system research.
Announcement
IRRI Bike Club invites you to join them
The IRRI Bike Club holds regular bike rides every Thursday and long rides every weekend. If interested, contact Gatty Leceta (g.leceta@irri.org, IRRI extension 2369).
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