Maintaining momentum through the DG transition: an info session with Bob Zeigler and Matthew Morell

(27 August 2015)

Bob and Matthew take the platform together in a conversation with IRRI staff to exchange ideas on the continuity of mission, the stability of IRRI as it seeks to diversify its sources of funding, and a shared vision for the next decade and beyond.

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​Distribution and Impact of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties in South Asia

An IRRI Seminar

By Takashi Yamano​​
Senior Scientist-​Impact Assessment Specialist
Social Sciences Division (SSD)

20 ​A​​ugust 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI

Abstract:

​​The presentation summarizes recent adoption and impact assessment studies on stress-tolerant rice varieties in South Asia, more specifically focusing on their dissemination in Eastern India and Bangladesh. Area estimates of stress-tolerant rice and other varieties based on the 2014 survey of more than 7,000 households in Bangladesh and India will be presented. Farmers' sequential use of Swarna-Sub1 over two years, rice variety replacement behavior and preference on all varieties, and awareness and past use of stress-tolerant rice and other varieties will also be discussed.

​​From stress physiology to technology development in the rainfed lowlands of Southeast Asia

An IRRI Seminar

By Y​oichiro Kato​​
Scientist​ II​-​Rainfed Lowland Agronomist for Southeast Asia
​​Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD)

​13 ​August 2015
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Havener Auditorium
IRRI

Abstract:

The rainfed rice ecosystem spreads 55 million hectares in South and Southeast Asia, where rice growth is often hampered by water problems (drought and floods). In many cases, other problems related to soil and water, such as salinity and nutrient disorder, accompany them. Fortunately, breeders from IRRI and NARES have already developed a series of stress-tolerant rice varieties and have disseminated them to farmers’ fields. One of our challenges now is to make full use of these materials.

However, as experts themselves, Asian farmers already have an independent opinion on how they could make their crops adapt better to stress-prone environments. They are the ones to give a final review of any "innovative" option, and ready-made recommendations may not often work. In this seminar, I will briefly introduce how we've tried to address these issues in the Rainfed Lowland Agronomy team for the last two years, seeking for both basic understanding of and interaction with farmers.

A strategy for mitigating heat-induced spikelet sterility at flowering in rice with the early-morning flowering trait

An IRRI Seminar

By Tsutomu Ishimaru
Senior Scientist-Plant Breeder
IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project
Plant Breeding, Genetics,  and Biotechnology (PBGB)

6 August 2015

1:15-2:15 p.m.

Havener Auditorium

IRRI