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Philippines: CURE joins Arakan farmers in field day
The Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE) joined farmers of Arakan in North Cotabato, a province in Southern Philippines, during the annual farmers' field day on 27 August 2012 organized by the University of Southern Mindanao (USM). More >
News
Philippines: DA-BAR approves ecological engineering project
The Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA-BAR) recently approved the project Developing Ecological Engineering Approaches to Restore and Conserve Ecosystem Services for Pest Management for Sustainable Rice Production in the Philippines, which it will implement over two years with IRRI in selected sites in Laguna and Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro provinces. More >
News
Pakistan: CSISA reaches out to farmers outside Hub
Cholistan Plantation, a privately owned company, is undertaking commercial agriculture in Bahawalpur in the southern Punjab. It has acquired a large area from the government for the purpose and is growing wheat, cotton, rice, and sugarcane. A 50-acre block is under rice, 9 acres of which are direct-seeded (DSR) through broadcast method. More >
News
Drought training workshop in IRRI
A workshop and training on marker-assisted breeding for drought tolerance is ongoing (2-9 September 2012) at IRRI Headquarters. More >
News
Bangladesh: CSISA holds third annual planning meeting
The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh held its third planning meeting and annual retreat, attended by fifty-four CSISA employees and guests from India and Nepal. More >
Blog | Sam Mohanty
Time for a rice futures market
In 2010, a taskforce led by the Asia Society and IRRI launched the report Never and empty bowl: sustaining food security in Asia to advance a comprehensive plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in the region. One of their recommendations was the establishment of a rice futures and a spot exchange, which would include the actual buying and selling of rice for immediate delivery. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI partners with Red Cross and Rotary Club for the bloodletting activity
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) held a bloodletting activity in partnership with Philippine Red Cross and Rotary Club of West Bay on 31 August 2012 at the IRRI Safety Training Office. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI holds 9th supervisory training program
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) and the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) delivered the Supervisory Training Program at IRRI for the ninth time on 15-17 August 2012. More >
News | Human resources
New GRiSP director speaks at mentoring lunch
Bas Bouman, GRiSP director and a mentor himself, shared about his mentoring experiences during the 14 August Mentoring Lunch. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI welcomes 20 new staff
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) welcomed 20 new employees during the August 2012 IRRI Employee Orientation Program. More >
News
IRRI holds 'stepping-up' party for new GRiSP director
Staff of IRRI's Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) staff held a 'stepping-up' party on 28 August for Bas Bouman, CESD head, who moved onto his new role as Global Rice Science Partnership director on 1 September. More >
News
Quality assurance committee names best labs in IRRI plant breeding
The IRRI-Japan Laboratory and the Molecular Markers Application Laboratory won the Best Laboratory Award 2012, as announced during the team-building activities of IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division on August 24. More >
News | AFSTRI
IRRI research staff group holds sports festival
The Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees, and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI) held a day-long sports festival at Canyon Cove Residential Beach Resort, Batangas, on 1 September 2012. More >
IRRI Seminar
Marker-assisted breeding to improve grain yield under drought
By Arvind Kumar, senior scientist, PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 6 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
IRRI Seminar
Breeding new flood-tolerant rice varieties
By Bertrand Collard, scientist (plant breeding), PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 13 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
SEARCA Agricultural Development Seminar Series (ADSS) and UPLB-CEM Economics Seminar
In pursuit of inclusive growth
By Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of socioeconomic planning and DG of the National Economic and Development Authority
Government of the Philippines
(Postponed from 7 September. Please check back for the updated schedule.)
SEARCA Umali Auditorium, UPLB Campus, Los Baños, Laguna
Featured news
Roland Buresh wins International Service in Agronomy Award
Announcement
Philippines: CURE joins Arakan farmers in field day
The Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE) joined farmers of Arakan in North Cotabato, a province in Southern Philippines, during the annual farmers' field day on 27 August 2012 organized by the University of Southern Mindanao (USM). More >
News
Philippines: DA-BAR approves ecological engineering project
The Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA-BAR) recently approved the project Developing Ecological Engineering Approaches to Restore and Conserve Ecosystem Services for Pest Management for Sustainable Rice Production in the Philippines, which it will implement over two years with IRRI in selected sites in Laguna and Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro provinces. More >
News
Pakistan: CSISA reaches out to farmers outside Hub
Cholistan Plantation, a privately owned company, is undertaking commercial agriculture in Bahawalpur in the southern Punjab. It has acquired a large area from the government for the purpose and is growing wheat, cotton, rice, and sugarcane. A 50-acre block is under rice, 9 acres of which are direct-seeded (DSR) through broadcast method. More >
News
Drought training workshop in IRRI
A workshop and training on marker-assisted breeding for drought tolerance is ongoing (2-9 September 2012) at IRRI Headquarters. More >
News
Bangladesh: CSISA holds third annual planning meeting
The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh held its third planning meeting and annual retreat, attended by fifty-four CSISA employees and guests from India and Nepal. More >
Blog | Sam Mohanty
Time for a rice futures market
In 2010, a taskforce led by the Asia Society and IRRI launched the report Never and empty bowl: sustaining food security in Asia to advance a comprehensive plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in the region. One of their recommendations was the establishment of a rice futures and a spot exchange, which would include the actual buying and selling of rice for immediate delivery. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI partners with Red Cross and Rotary Club for the bloodletting activity
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) held a bloodletting activity in partnership with Philippine Red Cross and Rotary Club of West Bay on 31 August 2012 at the IRRI Safety Training Office. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI holds 9th supervisory training program
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) and the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) delivered the Supervisory Training Program at IRRI for the ninth time on 15-17 August 2012. More >
News | Human resources
New GRiSP director speaks at mentoring lunch
Bas Bouman, GRiSP director and a mentor himself, shared about his mentoring experiences during the 14 August Mentoring Lunch. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI welcomes 20 new staff
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) welcomed 20 new employees during the August 2012 IRRI Employee Orientation Program. More >
News
IRRI holds 'stepping-up' party for new GRiSP director
Staff of IRRI's Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) staff held a 'stepping-up' party on 28 August for Bas Bouman, CESD head, who moved onto his new role as Global Rice Science Partnership director on 1 September. More >
News
Quality assurance committee names best labs in IRRI plant breeding
The IRRI-Japan Laboratory and the Molecular Markers Application Laboratory won the Best Laboratory Award 2012, as announced during the team-building activities of IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division on August 24. More >
News | AFSTRI
IRRI research staff group holds sports festival
The Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees, and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI) held a day-long sports festival at Canyon Cove Residential Beach Resort, Batangas, on 1 September 2012. More >
IRRI Seminar
Marker-assisted breeding to improve grain yield under drought
By Arvind Kumar, senior scientist, PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 6 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
IRRI Seminar
Breeding new flood-tolerant rice varieties
By Bertrand Collard, scientist (plant breeding), PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 13 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
SEARCA Agricultural Development Seminar Series (ADSS) and UPLB-CEM Economics Seminar
In pursuit of inclusive growth
By Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of socioeconomic planning and DG of the National Economic and Development Authority
Government of the Philippines
(Postponed from 7 September. Please check back for the updated schedule.)
SEARCA Umali Auditorium, UPLB Campus, Los Baños, Laguna
Featured news
Roland Buresh wins International Service in Agronomy Award
Announcement
Invitation to join Social Science Network
SSD is inviting the following to join the
News
Philippines: CURE joins Arakan farmers in field day
The Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE) joined farmers of Arakan in North Cotabato, a province in Southern Philippines, during the annual farmers' field day on 27 August 2012 organized by the University of Southern Mindanao (USM). More >
News
Philippines: DA-BAR approves ecological engineering project
The Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA-BAR) recently approved the project Developing Ecological Engineering Approaches to Restore and Conserve Ecosystem Services for Pest Management for Sustainable Rice Production in the Philippines, which it will implement over two years with IRRI in selected sites in Laguna and Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro provinces. More >
News
Pakistan: CSISA reaches out to farmers outside Hub
Cholistan Plantation, a privately owned company, is undertaking commercial agriculture in Bahawalpur in the southern Punjab. It has acquired a large area from the government for the purpose and is growing wheat, cotton, rice, and sugarcane. A 50-acre block is under rice, 9 acres of which are direct-seeded (DSR) through broadcast method. More >
News
Drought training workshop in IRRI
A workshop and training on marker-assisted breeding for drought tolerance is ongoing (2-9 September 2012) at IRRI Headquarters. More >
News
Bangladesh: CSISA holds third annual planning meeting
The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh held its third planning meeting and annual retreat, attended by fifty-four CSISA employees and guests from India and Nepal. More >
Blog | Sam Mohanty
Time for a rice futures market
In 2010, a taskforce led by the Asia Society and IRRI launched the report Never and empty bowl: sustaining food security in Asia to advance a comprehensive plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in the region. One of their recommendations was the establishment of a rice futures and a spot exchange, which would include the actual buying and selling of rice for immediate delivery. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI partners with Red Cross and Rotary Club for the bloodletting activity
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) held a bloodletting activity in partnership with Philippine Red Cross and Rotary Club of West Bay on 31 August 2012 at the IRRI Safety Training Office. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI holds 9th supervisory training program
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) and the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) delivered the Supervisory Training Program at IRRI for the ninth time on 15-17 August 2012. More >
News | Human resources
New GRiSP director speaks at mentoring lunch
Bas Bouman, GRiSP director and a mentor himself, shared about his mentoring experiences during the 14 August Mentoring Lunch. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI welcomes 20 new staff
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) welcomed 20 new employees during the August 2012 IRRI Employee Orientation Program. More >
News
IRRI holds 'stepping-up' party for new GRiSP director
Staff of IRRI's Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) staff held a 'stepping-up' party on 28 August for Bas Bouman, CESD head, who moved onto his new role as Global Rice Science Partnership director on 1 September. More >
News
Quality assurance committee names best labs in IRRI plant breeding
The IRRI-Japan Laboratory and the Molecular Markers Application Laboratory won the Best Laboratory Award 2012, as announced during the team-building activities of IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division on August 24. More >
News | AFSTRI
IRRI research staff group holds sports festival
The Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees, and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI) held a day-long sports festival at Canyon Cove Residential Beach Resort, Batangas, on 1 September 2012. More >
IRRI Seminar
Marker-assisted breeding to improve grain yield under drought
By Arvind Kumar, senior scientist, PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 6 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
IRRI Seminar
Breeding new flood-tolerant rice varieties
By Bertrand Collard, scientist (plant breeding), PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 13 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
SEARCA Agricultural Development Seminar Series (ADSS) and UPLB-CEM Economics Seminar
In pursuit of inclusive growth
By Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of socioeconomic planning and director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority
Government of the Philippines
0930-1200 H, Friday, 7 September 2012, SEARCA Umali Auditorium, UPLB Campus, Los Baños, Laguna
Featured news
Roland Buresh wins International Service in Agronomy Award
Announcement
Philippines: CURE joins Arakan farmers in field day
The Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE) joined farmers of Arakan in North Cotabato, a province in Southern Philippines, during the annual farmers' field day on 27 August 2012 organized by the University of Southern Mindanao (USM). More >
News
Philippines: DA-BAR approves ecological engineering project
The Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA-BAR) recently approved the project Developing Ecological Engineering Approaches to Restore and Conserve Ecosystem Services for Pest Management for Sustainable Rice Production in the Philippines, which it will implement over two years with IRRI in selected sites in Laguna and Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro provinces. More >
News
Pakistan: CSISA reaches out to farmers outside Hub
Cholistan Plantation, a privately owned company, is undertaking commercial agriculture in Bahawalpur in the southern Punjab. It has acquired a large area from the government for the purpose and is growing wheat, cotton, rice, and sugarcane. A 50-acre block is under rice, 9 acres of which are direct-seeded (DSR) through broadcast method. More >
News
Drought training workshop in IRRI
A workshop and training on marker-assisted breeding for drought tolerance is ongoing (2-9 September 2012) at IRRI Headquarters. More >
News
Bangladesh: CSISA holds third annual planning meeting
The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh held its third planning meeting and annual retreat, attended by fifty-four CSISA employees and guests from India and Nepal. More >
Blog | Sam Mohanty
Time for a rice futures market
In 2010, a taskforce led by the Asia Society and IRRI launched the report Never and empty bowl: sustaining food security in Asia to advance a comprehensive plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in the region. One of their recommendations was the establishment of a rice futures and a spot exchange, which would include the actual buying and selling of rice for immediate delivery. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI partners with Red Cross and Rotary Club for the bloodletting activity
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) held a bloodletting activity in partnership with Philippine Red Cross and Rotary Club of West Bay on 31 August 2012 at the IRRI Safety Training Office. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI holds 9th supervisory training program
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) and the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) delivered the Supervisory Training Program at IRRI for the ninth time on 15-17 August 2012. More >
News | Human resources
New GRiSP director speaks at mentoring lunch
Bas Bouman, GRiSP director and a mentor himself, shared about his mentoring experiences during the 14 August Mentoring Lunch. More >
News | Human resources
IRRI welcomes 20 new staff
IRRI's Human Resource Services (HRS) welcomed 20 new employees during the August 2012 IRRI Employee Orientation Program. More >
News
IRRI holds 'stepping-up' party for new GRiSP director
Staff of IRRI's Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) staff held a 'stepping-up' party on 28 August for Bas Bouman, CESD head, who moved onto his new role as Global Rice Science Partnership director on 1 September. More >
News
Quality assurance committee names best labs in IRRI plant breeding
The IRRI-Japan Laboratory and the Molecular Markers Application Laboratory won the Best Laboratory Award 2012, as announced during the team-building activities of IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division on August 24. More >
News | AFSTRI
IRRI research staff group holds sports festival
The Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees, and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI) held a day-long sports festival at Canyon Cove Residential Beach Resort, Batangas, on 1 September 2012. More >
IRRI Seminar
Marker-assisted breeding to improve grain yield under drought
By Arvind Kumar, senior scientist, PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 6 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
IRRI Seminar
Breeding new flood-tolerant rice varieties
By Bertrand Collard, scientist (plant breeding), PBGB, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 13 September 2012, Havener Auditorium, IRRI
SEARCA Agricultural Development Seminar Series (ADSS) and UPLB-CEM Economics Seminar
In pursuit of inclusive growth
By Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary of socioeconomic planning and director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority
Government of the Philippines
0930-1200 H, Friday, 7 September 2012, SEARCA Umali Auditorium, UPLB Campus, Los Baños, Laguna
Featured news
Roland Buresh wins International Service in Agronomy Award
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.
Upcoming event
2012 IRRI Young Scientists Conference
The 2012 IYSC will be held on 8-9 November 2012 at IRRI Headquarters and has the theme, Sustaining excellence in rice research. For more information and updates, visit the 2012 IYSC blog.
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