With the ubiquity of portable digital devices such as smart phones and tablets, data collection in agricultural research is going paperless. The Molecular Plant Pathology Group has adopted collection of phenotype data the digital way and is thus pioneering paperless data collection at IRRI. More >
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Ninety farmers from six villages in the Stkhira District of Bangladesh chose BRRI dhan48 as the best aus rice variety after going on a motivational tour and participatory evaluation of aus rice varieties on 18 July 2012. More >
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A one-day training session on rice production for local service providers or LSPs was held at the Barisal regional station of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) on 18 July 2012. LSPs were those who own or operate an agricultural support service such as a power tiller, water pump, fertilizer and pesticides dealership, or seed trade. More >
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Parminder Virk, plant breeder at IRRI, was the guest scientist in the Young Researchers Lunch for July. Dr. Virk led a very informative discussion on topics related to breeding for yield potential, such as target genes for marker-assisted selection, yield potential traits, and aspects of variety release. More >
News | Human resources
More than 450 headquarters-based staff attended 12 information sessions between 26, 27, and 30 July 2012 facilitated by Fiona Farrell, director of Human Resource Services, to update nationally recruited staff (NRS) on the ongoing process of creating career paths for them. More >
PBGB Seminar
By Prashant Vikram, visiting research fellow, PBGB, IRRI
1400 H, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI
CESD Seminar
By Liu Zewen, professor, insect neuropharmacology, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
1315-1415 H, Tuesday, 7 August 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 systems.
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