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ANNUAL REPORT 2024
Awards and Accolades
Africa Director Dr. Abdelbagi Ismail was named a Fellow by the Crop Science Society of America, its highest honor.
Research Director Dr. Bas Bouman
was recognized as one of the
inauguralTop Agri-Food
Pioneers (TAP) by the World
Food Prize Foundation.
Senior Scientist Dr. Amelia Henry was conferred the Dundee Root Medal by the International Society of Root Research.
Principal Scientist Dr. Jauhar Ali
received the Sant S. Virmani Hybrid Rice Award from the Crop Science
Society of the Philippines.
The Philippines Rice Information System (PRiSM), developed by IRRI and PhilRice, won the Special Award for Sustainability at the IDC Future Enterprise Awards.
Co-developed by IRRI scientists, the framework Agricultural Knowledge Management for Innovation (AKM4I) received the Cook Medal from the
Operational Research Society.
IRRI and the CGIAR Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) Initiative were awarded a Certificate of Merit by Vietnam's Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD). IRRI scientist and AMD lead Dr. Bjoern Ole Sander received the award.
IRRI's advancements in mechanized
rice straw composting technology
won 2nd prize at the Can Tho City
Technical Innovation Competition.
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