2008 - IRRI in the News:
Articles, audio/video clips, and Web sites featuring the Institute

2007 news
2006 and earlier news
Rice production makes a comeback in war-ravaged Cambodia (19 August 08); PBS Podcast
A focus on society’s ills (15 August 08)
Philippines: Hungry for rice, unwilling to invest
(15 August 08)
Rice aroma and flavor: a literature review
(14 August 08)
Colorado State researchers land largest single grant to study biofuels (11 August 08)
Australia urged to help rice crisis (6 August 08);
audio file (4:27) 
International Rice Research Institute to assist Vietnam's farmers (6 August 08)
The rice crisis (1 August 08)
RP endorses UN action plan on food, energy crisis (22 July 08)
Land reform extension pushed (22 July 08)
Science research to address food crisis (10 July 08)
No rice shortage in East Asia; high prices due to panic – ASEAN chief (8 July 08)
The Politics of Rice (The Island Online) (8 July 08)
Population, typhoons keep RP from being rice self-sufficient (8 July 08)
Scientists learn about rice and how to help fight poverty (7 July 08)
Test new rice farming method, Agriculture dep’t urged (4 July 08)
A second Green Revolution (2 July 08)
Hungry for answers (Part 3): Fighting to survive on mountain of trash (30 June 08)
The Politics of Rice (mysinchew.com) (28 Jun 08)
Planting the Seeds of Cyberinfrastructure: New Projects Nurture Plant Bioinformatics (18 June 08)
Rice farmers struggle to sustain yields
(17 June 08)
Feed the world (15 June 08)
Rice is life (13 June 08)
Rice future dependent on science here and now: IRRI (12 June 08)
What price more food? (11 June 08)
G-8 finance ministers to examine factors behind oil surges (11 June 08)
Rice expert welcomes spotlight on food (8 June 08)
Philippines urges int'l donors to increase funds for agriculture research (8 June 08)
Solving the food crisis with an unlikely alliance
(6 June 08)
翟虎渠院长会见国际水稻研究所所长Robert Zeigler博士  (6 June 08)
Asian states feel rice pinch (6 June 08)
Rice scientists call for increased funding for research to boost crops (5 June 08) Click here for audio file
"Jeder Preisanstieg ist für die Armen gefährlich" (German; 5 June 08)
UN Food Summit opens in Italy (4 June 08)
Click here for audio file
Hybrid rice gives hope of food self-sufficiency for Filipinos faced with rice crisis (4 June 08)
International farm research — Why India should step up funding (4 June 08)
 
Food crisis may open door to genetically modified rice (3 June 08)
 
  Rice bowl bountiful in Vietnam (2 June 08)
Bangladesh to launch flood-resistant rice in 2009
(2 June 08)
The end of abundance: Food panic brings calls for a second 'green revolution' (1 June 08)
The rice crisis: why you should care (1 June 08)
German expert to head IRRI research effort
(1 June 08)
Rice shortage: crisis or hype? (29 May 08)
U.S. Agricultural Research in Dangerous Decline (29 May 08)
Industry hails lifting of ban on Cambodian rice exports (28 May 08)
Cyclone Impact: Water-proof rice to make debut soon (28 May 08)
From producers to consumers: how rice farmers face catastrophe (28 May 08)
Opinion: Bracing for ‘silent tsunami' (28 May 08)
Super-ris skal afhjælpe: 3:02 video in Danish featuring IRRI (27 May 08) (link may be broken)
Pinoys resilient enough to cope with food crisis
(27 May 08) (link may be broken)
Food aplenty with Sabah's agriculture policies
(26 May 08)
Poor soil lowers world's production of food
(25 May 08)
More rice from Thailand (24 May 08)
Getting to the root of woes (24 May 08)
Time ripe for second green revolution (24 May 08)
Food or ethanol? (23 May 08)
Rice tops agenda of Thai prime minister's talks in Philippines (23 May 08) (link may be broken)
PIA DA regional officials ordered to link up with SUCs (23 May 08)
Coalition aiming to lift Africa's rice yield (23 May 08)
Thai PM begins Philippines visit (23 May)
Can the whole world be fed? (23 May 08)
Rice price surge is defying Asia's ingenuity
(22 May 08)
Thai PM gives assurances on rice inventories
(22 May 08) (link may be broken)
Learning from Thailand the way they learned from us (22 May 08) (link may be broken)
Rice subsidy reaches P6.9B: NFA already given more than half of allotment (22 May 08)
Philippine president calls for Southeast Asian cooperation to ensure rice supply (21 May 08)
IRRI’s 9-point action plan for grain crisis
(21 May 08)
IBM taps idle computing power to help solve rice crisis (21 May 08)
Philippines urges cooperation on rice (21 May 08) (link may be broken)
Technology key to producing more food
(19 May 08)
Loss of Filipino rice crops was stoppable
(19 May 08)
Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve (19 May 08)
The Real villain in the world food crisis
(19 May 08)
Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve (18 May 08)
Shrinking aid, soaring prices (IRRI photo montage; 18 May 08)
World’s poor pay price as crop research is cut
(18 May 08)
Poor countries suffer as funding dries up for agricultural research (18 May 08)
Genetically modified foods gain ground
(17 May 08)
Rice: the price you pay (16 May 08)
Faber, Gartman, Slok, Zeigler discuss global food crisis (video; 15 May 08)
Collaboration between UW and IBM will use donated computer time to tackle rice crisis (15 May 08)
Food crisis discussion taken into the board room (15 May 08)
IBM World Community Grid "Supercomputer" to Tackle Rice Crisis (15 May 08) (link may be broken)
From feast to famine: facts behind the food crisis (4:20 video clip featuring IRRI DG; 14 May 08)
Soaring rice prices a global danger, expert warns (14 May 08)
Join the hunt for super-rice (14 May 08)
Food crisis adds 100M to ranks of hungry: experts (13 May 08)
Nutritious rice for the world (12 May 08)
We did it before, we can grow our way out of famine again (12 May 08)
Repercusiones financieras de la crisis alimenticia (11 May 08)
All eyes on price of rice (11 May 08)
Rice shortage Asia's 'silent tsunami" (10 May 08)
Combating climate change (video clip featuring IRRI at 4:30; 10 May 08)
Cyclone heightens rice crisis (10 May 08)
Cause for optimism (video clip featuring IRRI DG at 4:40; 10 May 08)
Department of Agriculture buying more local rice
(10 May 08) (link may be broken)
Behind the food riots: A debate on how best to farm (10 May 08)
Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt (9 May 08)
Global food crisis has many causes, experts say
(9 May 08)
Support for biofuels rethink grows (9 May 08)
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) (link may be broken)
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)
Lessons from the Green Revolution (24 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)
Radical science aims to solve food crisis
(23 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) (link may be broken)
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) (link may be broken)
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) (link may be broken)
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)

Discovery: Hidden Hunger--Essential vitamins and minerals missing from the diet (26-minute radio broadcast (19 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) (link may be broken)
Food shortages on the horizon (27 February 08) (link may be broken)
37-minute streaming video of opening ceremonies of the Svalbard Seed Vault (IRRI's container is the first to be deposited; 26 February 08) (link may be broken)
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) (link may be broken)
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) (link may be broken)
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)