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   As of 16:14 November 7, 2009 (Saturday)

Now
Mostly Cloudy
30°C, Windchill: 30°C
Wind: 10 kph SE
Humidity: 79%
Pressure: 1,008 mb steady
Sunrise: 5:53 am
Sunset: 5:25 pm
Sun
Scattered Thunderstorms
Hi: 29°C, Low: 24°C
Mon
AM Thunderstorms
Hi: 30°C, Low: 23°C
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What's New

On the shoulders of giants

News & Events (Featured article)

Click to read story Right at the beginning in 1960, breeders at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) began developing high-yielding shorter stemmed rice varieties that soon boosted rice production across Asia. As this effort continues to the present day, Rice Today’s October-December 2009 edition helps to officially launch IRRI’s 50th anniversary celebration. Quite significantly, IRRI’s research scope continues to broaden in terms of geography and networks. For example, rice production is gaining ground in Africa and this issue looks how the continent is accomplishing this.  
 

New materials to facilitate PGRFA transfer

Announcements (Training)

Click to read story An online self-study course on transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), developed by IRRI's Training Center, is now available online in addition to new FAQs on the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) recently put on the Web site.  
 

Early rice harvests ease annual famine in Bangladesh

News & Events (Press Release)

Click to read story Bangladeshi farmers are benefiting from research that allows farmers to harvest rice earlier, giving them more time to grow a second crop to provide desperately needed food and ease hunger during monga – the hunger months. Monga is a yearly famine that occurs in northwest Bangladesh from September to November after the previous season’s food has run out and before the harvest of transplanted rice in December.
 

We are (STILL) hiring!

Announcements (Human Resource Services)

Click to read story IRRI is looking for scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and support/administrative staff who can help: * map the genes for grain yield under drought conditions * oversee our library’s IT resources * plan and implement innovative communication and marketing of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC)... *and do much more! Join our team of 1,000 premier scientific and support staff who are building a better world through rice science!