Super Bags to thwart rice wastage now available to Filipino farmers
An airtight, reusable plastic bag that protects stored rice from moisture, pests, and rats, and keeps rice seeds viable, is now available to Filipino farmers in many retail stores nationwide. Read more News
India: IRRI South Asia rice breeding hub opens
The IRRI South Asia Rice Breeding Hub at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, was inaugurated on 9 July 2012 by Robert Zeigler and William Dar, directors general of IRRI and ICRISAT, respectively. Read moreNews
Bangladesh: CSISA holds training workshop on rice technology adoption
A training workshop on rice-based cropping systems and adoption of rice production technology was held in Khulna for rice-related service providers. The workshop was organized by the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Bangladesh (CSISA-BD)... Read more News
Timor-Leste: IRRI holds report-writing and presentation skills training course
Sixty-eight participants from the Seeds of Life program of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) attended the Report Writing and Presentation Skills Course held in Dili... Read more News | Community
Donated dolls and medicines help kids in IRRI medical mission
What can help lessen the fear in children while they endure a physician's cold metallic stethoscope during consultation? How about dolls and rice cookies? These are items donated by the Tsuno Food Industrial Company, Ltd. from Japan... Read more
News | Human resources
IRRI holds training on presentation skills for local staff
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS), in partnership with Guthrie-Jensen Philippines, held the Effective Presentation Skills (EPS) training for the second time on 17-19 July 2012 at IRRI... Read more
News | Sectoral groups
Filipino scientists' group meets with new communications and partnerships head
The leaders of the IRRI Filipino Scientists Association, Inc. (IFSA) met with V. Bruce J. Tolentino, IRRI's new deputy director general for communications and partnerships, on 17 July 2012 to formally introduce the organization and its goals. Read more
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 systems.
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IRRI Bike Club invites you to join them
The IRRI Bike Club holds regular bike rides every Thursday and long rides every weekend. Contact Gatty Leceta (g.leceta@irri.org, IRRI extension 2369).
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