Google News Alert for: "international rice research institute" OR (IRRI and rice)
Wars of the World. The worst of times, the best of times
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... Zeigler of the International Rice Research Institute did not talk about the wars of the world on Friday, May 2 at the IRRI main campus in Los Baños, ...
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The World's Two Crises
By Ducky Paredes
Take the case of the brown plant hopper, which has been a perennial rice pest for centuries. In the 1960s, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) taught our rice farmers how to grow two and even three crops a year. ...
Ducky Paredes - http://www.duckyparedes.com/blogs
Who Eats Rice, Anyway?
By Nicholas Day
In the 1980s, the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, for example, had "five entomologists, or insect experts, overseeing a staff of 200. Now it has one entomologist with a staff of eight." ...
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By bong_abad(bong_abad)
The International Rice Research Institute based in the Philippines continues to develop ways to improve rice growth and help alleviate the current food crisis. New challenges are coming, and they will always confront us. ...
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Ways To Increase Worldwide Rice Production
By APS Chairman(APS Chairman)
MANILA, Philippines -- The Laguna-based International Rice Research Institute has proposed to governments and international agencies a nine-point program of short- and long-term interventions to increase rice yields and make the staple ...
APS Productivity Blog - http://apsproductivity.blogspot.com/
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IRRI's 9-point action plan for grain crisis
Commodity Online - Kochi,Kerala,India
(Courtesy: IRRI (International Rice Research Institute). 2008. Background Paper: The rice crisis: What needs to be done? ...
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Golden Rice: First field tests in the Philippines
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland
... has been provided by Mr Gerard Barry, coordinator of the Golden Rice Network and staff member of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). ...
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The Real Villain in the World Food Crisis
By Carl Pope
Even today, we don't need GMO rice to fight the current devastating outbreak of brown plant hopper on Asian rice fields. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has identified more than a dozen conventional varieties that could ...
Taking the Initiative - http://sierraclub.typepad.com/carlpope/
Slackening Aid, Increased Prices
By nickobourn
This proved to be nearsighted as the major institutions, such as the International Rice Research Institute, have seen an utter dissemination of there funding and staff in the past twenty years. The institution is the world's main ...
My Foodprint - http://myfoodprint.wordpress.com
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The Real Villain in the World Food Crisis
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has identified more than a dozen conventional varieties that could produce resistance if they were ...
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World Bank `Destroyed Basic Grains' in Honduras
By The Watchmen
Zeigler, director-general at the International Rice Research Institute, southeast of Manila. ``It will work if you're an extremely wealthy country and you can import rice at any price. But if you're not an extremely wealthy country, ...
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DSpace at IRRI : 1983 rice germplasm conservation workshop
Authors: International Rice Research Institute ... Citation: Rice Germplasm Genetic Conservation Workshop (1983: IRRI). 1983 rice germplasm conservation ...
The Rice Plant and How it Grows
Cultivated rice is a semi-aquatic annual A plant which completes its life cycle ... University of Queensland and the International Rice Research Institute. ...
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Crop case study: GMO golden rice in Asia with enhanced vitamin A ...
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland
Much of the current funding for development comes from USAID grants to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), as well as country-mission grants ...
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World's Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
By Michael W. Kruse
The damage to rice crops, occurring at a time of scarcity and high prices, could have been prevented. Researchers at the International Rice Research Institute here say that they know how to create rice varieties resistant to the insects ...
Kruse Kronicle - http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/
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Insect Threatens Asian Rice Crops
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
Organizations, like The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and The International Rice Research Institute, are working for change, ...
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World's Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
By JEP(JEP)
The damage to rice crops, occurring at a time of scarcity and high prices, could have been prevented. Researchers at the International Rice Research Institute here say that they know how to create rice varieties resistant to the insects ...
Between The Lines - http://jep-betweenthelines.blogspot.com/
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RP government issues position on the rice issue
By TFA Editor
That is why the Government is working with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to explore ways of meeting the future needs for rice in the Philippines and that of other rice-producing countries. These efforts range from ...
The Filipino Australian - http://www.thefilipinoaustralian.com/news
Some Awful Truths
By Panaderos(Panaderos)
This second article ("World's Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut") was reported from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. The article talks about the challenges of battling the global food crisis in ...
A Man of My Town - http://hometown-boy.blogspot.com/
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The Food Chain World's Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
New York Times - United States
Researchers at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, the world's main repository of information about rice, are trying to deal with ...
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Crop research reductions endanger food supply
By ARTiFactor
Lyle Conrad Rice is a crop that feeds nearly half the world's people. The International Rice Research Institute is the world's main repository of rice seeds as well as genetic and other information about rice. ...
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Loss of Filipino rice crops was stoppable
United Press International - USA
International Rice Research Institute researchers say they could have created rice varieties that would have been resistant to brown plant hoppers, ...
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Capitalism, Agribusiness and the Food Sovereignty Alternative
By redphilly
Similarly, the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute has initiated a public-private partnership "to increase rice production across Asia via the accelerated development and introduction of hybrid rice technologies." [4] ...
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Funding for international agricultural research
By Jeremy
The story revolves around the brown plant hopper, a devastating pest of rice. Back in the 1980s, the International Rice Research Institute searched for, and found, resistance to the insect, which it bred into high-yielding varieties ...
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog - http://agro.biodiver.se
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Rise in edibles' prices gives crushing blow to consumers
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Irri-9 Sindh's price increased to Rs55-60 per kg from Rs40-44 per kg. In rice, retailers are already charging Rs140 per kg for Basmati kernel while its ...
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Grain Markets Panic Buying, Export Controls, and Food Riots
The Market Oracle - London,UK
(New York Times) The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) issued a forecast that rice prices will keep rising as demand for the staple is ...
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News: Cutting agricultural aid research or how to dig your own ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Peter Casier)
Here is another interesting graph, comparing the annual budget of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), one of the CGIAR's research centers, and the global rice stock pile volume, using the latter as a measure for ...
The Road to the Horizon - http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/
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