Monthly Archives: September 2002

Rice and wheat grown in rotation account for one-third of the cropping area of both grains in South Asia. Maintaining soil fertility and boosting yields...

(Photo: IRRI) India is a world away from Indiana, and none would mistake Sister Sajita Isaac for Johnny Appleseed. But the peripatetic Catholic nun calls...

(Photo: Science) The milestone publication in the 5 April 2002 issue of Science (Vol. 296) of not one, but two, draft genome sequences of rice (Oryza sativa)...

Shrimp farming became very profitable with the introduction of large varieties raised for export, just as protection against saltwater intrusion made possible...

An irrigated rice field in Laos. (Photo: IRRI) The most intensively cropped experimental site in Asia began four decades ago largely as a demonstration...

A vendor scooping rice in the marketplace in the Philippines. (Photo: IRRI) Approximately 70% of the world’s 1.3 billion poor people live in Asia, where...

Back to the source: the rice genome Mekong harvests: accommodating both shrimps and rice Sowing peace in South Asia: the rice-wheat system Laser lite:...