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Advancing Health through Agriculture
Agriculture is the Solution
At the IHA, we believe agriculture is the solution – the solution to human health, economic prosperity and environmental sustainability.
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture is the world’s first institute to bring together research in precision nutrition, responsive agriculture, and behavior to reduce diet-related chronic disease in a way that considers environmental and economic effects.
2023 IHA Annual Report
A review of the past year of impactful research projects, innovation, accomplishments and new partnerships, and a look at the future of the Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture
Three Synergistic Focus Areas
Precision nutrition, responsive agriculture, healthy living.
Composed of three focus areas, the IHA brings together experts across many disciplines, including agriculture; nutrition; behavioral, social and life sciences; engineering; data and computation science; and economics.
In the News
Texas A&M’s Co-Director of Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture elected to National Academy of Medicine
Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture and Chicago Council on Global Affairs Announce Committee Experts to Support Study on Responsive Agriculture
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Agriculture Research Institute
The Agriculture Research Institute (ARI) engages the collective expertise of CSU colleges of agriculture and other related programs across the CSU, in partnership with agricultural and natural resource industries, to conduct applied research that benefits California agriculture, natural resources and food systems while cultivating the next generation of agricultural leaders.
Sydnee Winbush Helps Discover Bacteria That Degrade Pesticides
Sydnee Winbush grew up in the Moreno Valley in Southern California. Always interested in life sciences, she took an advanced placement human anatomy and physiology class in high school.
Undergraduate Research
From A Stable to the Laboratory Bench, Gabi Hernandez’s Unexpected Path to a Research Career
Gabriella “Gabi” Hernandez grew up riding horses in Chino Hills, California. When not in school, Hernandez spent her time at the Silver Rose Ranch, where she boarded her horse, gave riding lessons and helped teach at the ranch’s summer camps. - See more a
Biomass-To-Energy—Carisse Geronimo’s Research Helps Fight Climate Change
Clean power sources, such as wind, solar, hydropower and biomass-to-energy, will provide all of California’s energy by 2045.
More Highlights
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Platforms: Unraveling the Challenges and Opportunities
IRRI Scientist Bas Bouman among 2024 World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneers
Exploring the potential of the mustard crop in making Odisha’s rice fallows productive
Singapore President H.E. Tharman Shanmugaratnam visits IRRI HQ, explores R&D prospects
We are addressing five impact challenges faced by farmers, consumers, and stakeholders, in the world’s rice-producing countries.
Where we work
We work with key actors from these regions through our in-country offices to develop actionable research analyses and recommendations on country-specific agricultural initiatives.
Beyond these areas, we also work with other country partners through our global research programs and networks.
Learn more about IRRI's regional initiatives here and explore how we can collaborate.
Southeast Asia
- Philippines
- South Korea
Abolish poverty and hunger with IRRI
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SpeedFlower: a comprehensive speed breeding protocol for indica and japonica rice
To increase rice yields and feed billions of people, it is essential to enhance genetic gains. however, the development of new varieties is hindered by longer generation times and seasonal constraints. to address these limitations, a speed breeding facility has been established and a robust speed breeding protocol, speedflower is developed that allows growing 4–5 generations of indica and/or japonica rice in a year. our findings reveal that a high red-to-blue (2r > 1b) spectrum ratio, followed by green, yellow and far-red (fr) light, along with a 24-h long day (ld) photoperiod for the initial 15 days of the vegetative phase, facilitated early flowering. this is further enhanced by 10-h short day (sd) photoperiod in the later stage and day and night temperatures of 32/30 °c, along with 65% humidity facilitated early flowering ranging from 52 to 60 days at high light intensity (800 μmol m−2 s−1). additionally, the use of prematurely harvested seeds and gibberellic acid treatment reduced the maturity duration by 50%. further, speedflower was validated on a diverse subset of 198 rice accessions from 3k rgp panel encompassing all 12 distinct groups of oryza sativa l. classes. our results confirmed that using speedflower one generation can be achieved within 58–71 days resulting in 5.1–6.3 generations per year across the 12 sub-groups. this breakthrough enables us to enhance genetic gain, which could feed half of the world's population dependent on rice..
Visit to the International Rice Research Institute 11/29/2022
Aiming to strengthen the government’s partnership and collaboration with the world’s premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science to achieve his goals for the agricultural sector, president ferdinand r. marcos jr. visits the international rice research institute (irri) headquarters in los baños, laguna on november 29, 2022..
ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional Program
The asean-cgiar innovate for food and nutrition security regional program is a research collaboration among the asean member states, asean secretariat, and cgiar centers, with funding support from the government of australia and the united kingdom. the program’s vision for the next 10 years is to scale up and out bold integrated innovations that will enhance the resilience of asean's agri-food systems to climate change. this ambitious endeavor aims to deliver better livelihoods for food producers and other stakeholders along the value chain. it also seeks to ensure more affordable, nutritious, and healthy food for consumers while fostering a healthier natural environment for all. , for more information on the asean-cgiar innovate for food and nutrition security regional program, please contact: dr. jongsoo shin (asean-cgiar program director) and dr. stephan weise (asean-cgiar program co-director) [email protected].
Webinar: Climate-smart rice hybrids by Dr. Jauhar Ali
Flood resilience loci SUBMERGENCE 1 and ANAEROBIC GERMINATION 1 interact in seedlings established underwater
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