By 2020, the Philippines could be self-sufficient in rice. But with shrinking lands, climate change, and other challenges, the plan to be self-sufficient by 2020 can only be fulfilled by using modern agricultural strategies like hybrid rice. Learn more about IRRI’s work on hybrid rice.
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Membership to the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) for Indian nationals is now tax-free
The Government of India through the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has entered into a memorandum of agreement with the International Rice Research Institute for the establishment of the IRRI, South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) at the...
Round table discussion on hybrid rice at Asian Seed Congress 2017
Watch as Dr. Jauhar Ali presents at a special interest session on hybrid rice at the 2017 Asian Seed Congress held in Bangkok, Thailand. Learn more about IRRI's work on hybrid rice. Other news items
Boosting rice production in the face of climate change
On 16 November, Dr. Jauhar Ali, hybrid rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and coordinator of the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC), presented the potential of developing multiple abiotic stress-tolerant hybrid varieties at the...
IRRI Breeder To Address Hybrid Rice Adoption, Advances at Asian Seed Congress
BANGKOK: APSA’s Special Interest Group on Hybrid Rice will meet at the upcoming Asian Seed Congress to discuss the latest developments in research and market challenges. Rice is the most important staple food crop for more than half of world’s population. In the Asian...
Leading Philippine hybrid rice seed producer joins HRDC
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—One of the leading hybrid rice seed producers in the Philippines, SL Agritech Corporation, signed an agreement at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on May 3 to join the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC). According to HRDC...