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IRRI in the media:
264 articles, audio and video clips, and Web sites
featuring IRRI staff and rice research

Rice crisis solutions: IRRI collaboration with the Philippines (8 May 08)
Calls for Asian agriculture overhaul (audio version;
7 May 08)
Rush for rice is expected after Myanmar cyclone
(7 May 08)
Boom time for Philippine banana plantations
(7 May 08)
Burma cyclone adds to rice stock pressure
(7 May 08)
Thailand: Drops idea for rice cartel; Backs off on "OPEC-style" rice cartel (6 May 08)
Solving Asia's Food Crisis by Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President (5 May 08)
Fragile rice: hoarding a third world staple (5 May 08)
Farmers face climate challenge in quest for more food (4 May 08)
IRRI proposes 9-point rice plan (4 May 08)
Thai cartel idea outrages rice consumers (3 May 08)
Asians seek rice-crisis solution (3 May 08)
ADB to provide budget support for countries hardest hit by food price surge (3 May 08)
菲律宾政府计划3年内实现大米自给自足 Visit of Philippine President to IRRI as covered by Chinese television (3 May 08)
IRRI proposes ways to increase worldwide rice production (3 May 08)
Thailand floats idea of OPEC-style rice cartel
(2 May 08)
Thai PM proposes rice cartel (2 May 08)
IRRI to help Philippines grow enough rice for itself
(2 May 08)
Philippines buys enough rice to fill shortfall, Wants to become self-sufficient (2 May 08)
Control sought over rice prices (2 May 08)
Asian countries again float idea of rice cartel
(2 May 08)
Philippines seeks self-sufficiency in rice vs OREC
(2 May 08)
Fund another Green Revolution -- or people will starve (2 May 08)
'Millions face hunger' as Thailand invites neighbours to form Opec-style cartel for rice (2 May 08)
Fund a Green Revolution, or people will starve
(2 May 08)
IRRI to help Philippines grow enough rice for itself
(2 May 08)
World food crisis no longer theory, but reality
(2 May 08)
As world grasps for rice, Cambodia's success story (1 May 08)
Roots of the rice shortage (1 May 08)
Thailand hopes to form rice cartel with four nations (1 May 08)
Could science solve global food crisis?
(1 May 08)
World food crisis (radio interview; 30 April 08)
Conference told rice consumption outpacing production (30 April 08)
The price of rice (30 April 08)
World food price crisis blamed on government neglect (29 April 08)
'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts
(29 April 08)
Cambodia and Thailand pledge big rice export
(29 April 08)
Palace set to unveil rice sufficiency plan
(29 April 08)
Arroyo: RP to import rice while aiming for self-sufficiency (29 April 08)
Rice smuggling threatens Indonesia, Philippines
(28 April 08)
Rice harvest shortages forecast troubled times ahead (28 April 08)
What’s rice got to do with it? (27 April 08)
No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears
(27 April 08)
To have peace, there must be food (27 April 08)
IRRI’s new miracles: Aerobic, submarine rice
(27 April 08)
Don't get steamed over stores' rice limits
(25 April 08)
The impact of rising food priced (24 April 08)
Zeigler blames government agencies for rice shortages (television interview accessed in upper right hand corner; 24 April 08)
Rice climbs to record as Wal-Mart Unit limits rice purchases (24 April 08)
Senate likely to ratify IRRI, Philippine accord on rice
(23 April 08)
Gov’t challenged to produce low-priced rice for poor (22 April 08)
Roots of Asia's rice crisis: Tight supplies reflect population boom and neglect of farming (21 April 08)
A vicious circle of misery (20 April 08)
 
As food prices rise, U.S. support for agricultural centers wilts (18 April 08)
Go for hybrid rice, feed the world (18 April 08)
  Rice prices may calm but action still needed
(18 April 08)
IRRI chief: Action plan with DA coming up
(18 April 08)
The new face of hunger (18 April 08)
Global food crisis (radio interview; 17 April 08)
A drought in Australia, a global shortage of rice
(17 April 08)
The rice doctor (16 April 08)
US mulls funding for IRRI (15 April 08)
Philippines caught in rice squeeze (12 April 08)
Rice price remains on the up (12 April 08)
Rice Institute asks for more world support
(12 April 08)
No respite from rice crisis until 2010 – IRRI
(12 April 08)
High prices of rice to remain for two years
(12 April 08)
  Philippines calls for Asia food meet (12 April 08)
No grain, big pain (11 April 08)
Rice prices 'to keep on rising' (11 April 08)
GM Golden Rice to take the field (11 April 08)
High rice prices to last for some time -- experts
(11 April 08)
Philippines calls for regional meeting on rice
(11 April 08)
Rice-producing nations cut exports amid shortage (5-minute radio broadcast (10 April 08)
As rice prices soar, Asian governments, experts push for return to farms (10 April 08)
Special report: Climate change and food prices
(9 April 08)
Rice in Australia and the world (radio interview,
9 April 08)
Hybrid rice answer to soaring food prices (9 April 08)
Experts push hybrid rice to solve soaring food prices (8 April 08)
Dawe of UN sees impact of rice prices on civil unrest (7 April 08)
Diet for a hungry planet - rice market (radio interview, 7 April 08)
High rice prices no windfall for many Asian farmers (6 April 08)
Rice as nice (16-minute radio broadcast; 5 April 08)
Rising grain prices panic the developing world
(4 April 08)
Rice jumps to record, corn near high as demand outpaces supply (3 April 08)
Rice prices may rise further in 2Q as supply shrinks (2 April 08)
IRRI Director General calls for another Green Revolution (2 April 08)

Rice hoarding pressures supplies (31 March 08)
Farmers fall prey to rice rustlers as price of staple crop rockets (31 March 08)
The Food Programme: Rice (26-minute radio program; 30 March 08)
High rice cost creating fears of Asia unrest
(29 March 08)
Experts sound alarm on future availability of rice
(28 March 08)
Why soaring prices of rice can lead to social unrest (26 March 08)
Empty bowls, stomachs and pockets (26 March 08)
A farmer's innovative success story (19 March 08)
Philippines to increase rice imports as it races to beat rising prices (19 March)
The rice crisis (19 March 08)
NIAB funding for rice genetics research
(19 March 08)
Expert (IRRI DG Robert Zeigler) warns of unrest as rice price soars (19 March 08)
The year of the no-rats? (13 March 08)
Farm research network braces for less funds from U.S. (13 March 08).
Seed banks protect crops from growing list of threats (11 March 08)
Already we have riots, hoarding, panic: the sign of things to come? (7 March 08)
Rising food prices feed security concerns
(6 March 08)
Rising rice prices hit Asian stomachs
(5 March 08)

 
Twenty-year high in rice prices sparks fear
(4 March 08)
Arctic Garden of Eden: RP seeds in Box No. 1
(28 February 08)
Food shortages on the horizon (27 February 08)
37-minute streaming video of opening ceremonies of the Svalbard Seed Vault (IRRI's container is the first to be deposited; 26 February 08)
Manila asks Hanoi to guarantee a supply of rice
(22 February 08)
Manila rice plea a wake-up call for a hungry world (22 February 08)
IRRI director general video interview on BBC
(21 February 08)
New Green Revolution may solve rice shortage in Asia (19 February 08)
Asia faces growing rice crisis (14 February 08)
Riceman rewarded (9 February 08)
Asia: Rice price hikes hit poor communities
(8 February 08)
The black rat cometh (6 February 08)
Davos lesson: More investment for higher rice productivity (1 February 08)
Beth Woods: queen of rice for the world
(radio interview; 31 January 08)
Philippine farmers may have GMO rice by 2011
(30 January 08)
Can crops be climate-proofed? (29 January 08)
Gates donates 20 mln dollars to help rice farmers: institute (28 January 08)
Bill Gates gives US$19.9 million grant to Philippine-based rice research facility (25 January 08)
Bill Gates gives US$19.9-M grant to IRRI
(25 January 08)
Can crops be climate-proofed? (11 January 2008)
Against the grain (about IRRI's new board chair;
11 January 08)
Experts debate how to rid rice of pests
(10 January 08)
Kenya: growing appetite for rice pushes prices
(2 January 08)
UN predicts world food shortages
(28 December 07)
Soaring prices fuel basmati rice crisis in Britain
(18 December 07)
Action needed to avoid rice shortages
(13 December 07)
Connoisseurs in Asia rave about rice
(13 December 07)
Climate change: serious security threat warns report
(11 December 07)
Targeted fertilizer applications combat slowing rice yield (11 December 07)
Research 'toughening up' Thailand's jasmine rice
(19 November 07)
Climate change threatens farms (19 November 07)
Better rice for Asia's poor (1 November 07)
Rice production seen declining on free trade, changing diets (23 October 07)
Water shortage pushes China toward aerobic rice production (23 October 07)
Climate-proofing rice (2:36 video program;
19 October 07)
Scientists create flood-resistant rice
(12 October 07) 
Important rice production system under pressure
(10 October 07)
Waterproof rice may help Asia cope with flooding
(9 October 07)
Thai scientists look for a greener rice crop
(8 October 07)
Revolution in the garden (24 September 07)
Asia: Scientists create flood-resistant rice strain (radio interview, 24 September 07)
Asia-Pacific nations urged to study biofuels more carefully, expert panel suggests (20 September 07)
Bangladesh says new flood-resistant rice offers hope to farmers (16 September 07)
Climate, biofuel new challenge to poverty alleviation (24 August 07)
Scientists seek new ways to feed the world amid global warming (17 August 07)
World rice research centres unite for Africa
(9 August 07)
IRRI develops rice that grows in flood or drought
(1 August 07)
Feeding billions, a grain at a time (27 July 07)
Thailand, IRRI sign rice strain pact (27 June 07)
Water-wise rice (Australia, 18 June 07)
Researchers produce GM-rice vaccine for cholera
(radio feature, transcript,12 June 07)
Looking for the next President of India (27 May 07)
Climate change threatens Indonesian agriculture
(9 May 07)
New knowledge improves rice quality (8 May 07)
Could climate problems and fixes rest in rice?
(1 May 07)
Ceremony honors founder of agricultural fellowship
(26 March 07)
Industry failing to tap rice diversity (15 March 07)
Rice body to secure genebank future (13 March 07)
Philippine research institute gets funding for world's largest rice gene bank (12 March 07)
International Rice Research Institute gets funding boost (11 March 07)
Leading crop scientist warns of potential rice crisis
(2 March 07)
Waterproof rice fights flood and famine
(14 February 07)
Thailand to preserve almost extinct varieties of rice
(4 February 07)
IRRI research hub set up in Laos in boost to Indochina rice bowl (24 January 07)
Rice comes unstuck as Asia steams ahead
(24 January 07)
Rice bowl tales (December 06)
Industry mourns the loss of rice pioneer
(14 December 06)
Filling tomorrow's rice bowl (7 December 06; Web
subscription required)
Rice institute takes aim at poverty in Asia and Africa
(10 October 06)
Gene researchers work on flood-resistant rice (radio broadcast in special English; 2 October 06)
IRRI to reap a return on investment of 193% over the
next 3 years (26 September 06)
Nebraska's rice miracle man marks 100th birthday
(20 September 06)
Bumpy road ahead as Asia pushes transgenic rice
(24 August 06)
A bleak rice scenario: better technology, seeds needed for cultivation (17 August 06)
Hyperactive gene in rice can help crop sustain flooding: study (11 August 06)
Gene discovery could lead to flood-resistant rice
(10 August 06)
Waterproof rice gene can help flooded farmers
(9 August 06)
Rice gene found to help crops survive extended paddy flooding (9 August 06)
Genomics to pave way for new Green Revolution in rice: IRRI (7 August 06)
Plan to boost rice photosynthesis with inserted genes (27 July 06)
Project to assess sustainability of Asian rice farms (7 June 06)
Scientists seek ways to harvest rice's traits
(11 May 06)
Scientists breed rice to defy climate change
(11 April 06)
'Urgent need' for rice that tolerates climate change (29 March 06)
Can the world produce 40% more rice by 2030? (1 March 06)
Indian farmers to use expertise in the Philippines (6 February 06)
Data boost for researchers improving world's top crops (25 January 06)
New iron-enriched rice developed; requires RealAudio (20 January 06)
International Rice Research Institute brings cheer to poor Indian farmers (17 December 05)
Nutritionally enhanced rice reduces iron deficiency
(4 December 05)
World rice production must improve to keep pace with population, climate change (19 October 05)
Global research focusing on drought-resistant rice (18 October 05)
NCGR releases open source version of ISYS
23 August 05)
Scientists draw up rice genome blueprint
(12 August 05)
Rice genome fully mapped (11 August 05)
Radio gives voice to communities (25 May 05)
Rice fungus genome mapped at last (21 April 05)
Seeing is believing--radio interview during the workshop on Innovative communication for extension
Keep it simple, make it fun--radio interview during the workshop on Innovative communication for extension
When less is more--radio interview during the workshop on Innovative communication for extension
Agriculture comes clean with soap (13 April 05)
Marked for speed (10 March 05)
China still faces tough job keeping farmers on the land (15 February 05)
CBC Radio One IRRI's work in Cambodia--segment of The Current, a radio program on CBC--requires RealPlayer
(3 February 05)
Tsunami-hit farmers to grow salt-tolerant rice
(2 February 05)
Centers embrace an alliance but remain wary of a merger (28 January 05)
World Food Day on 16 Oct. celebrates rice
(11 October 04)
Korea's role in promoting rice science rising
(19 September 04)
Keepers of secrets of rice (29 August 04)
Bangladeshi farmers banish insecticides
(30 July 04)
Warming and rice (13 July 04)
Rice yields dip as planet warms (29 June 04)
Rice yields decline with higher night temperature from global warming (28 June 04) 
China's shrinking rice crop sparks price boom, supply concerns (8 June 04)
Rice power (May-June 04)
Asian rice industry facing crisis: IRRI
(1 March 04)
We must support and help develop the international rice industry, or else by, Keijiro Otsuka
(26 February 04)
Technology that will save billions from starvation
(11 February 04)
Honorary doctorate for farm scientists
(7 December 03)

 
peopleandplanet.net
Vietnam farmers cut pesticides, increase yields
(18 November 03)
Using genetic diversity to achieve sustainable rice disease management (October 03)  
 
GM rice: A growing Philippines debate
(26 September 03)

 

 
The art of rice (Sept.-Oct. 03)  
Focus more on aromatic rice: IRRI
(20 September 03)

 
Farm research funding worldwide down 40%
(19 September 03)