Monthly Archives: January 2007

Once were rice fields

(Photo: Ariel Javellana) The road to Albay from the Los Baños headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is long but not tedious....

In search of new seeds

It is said that if you want to be a good gardener you should always sow three seeds: one for the bugs, one for the weather, and one for yourself. But if...

Considering gender

In many developing countries, women are the primary managers and users of natural resources. Poor rural women play important roles in rice-based farming...

Prosperity, pollution, and the green revolution

Retired farmer Darmono surveys the concrete pipe factory that replaced his rice paddies 2 years ago. (Photo: Greg Fanslow) The logic of the Green Revolution—spurred...

Food or fuel?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that renewable energy sources account for about 13% of the world’s total primary energy supply. Nearly 80% of these renewables are in the form of combustible biomass—mostly wood, charcoal, crop residues, or other wastes burned for cooking, heating, and other activities in the developing world. Now, high oil prices and...

Rice Today Vol. 6, No. 1 (January-March 2007)

The king of rice Political support for #rice research The importance of biodiversity Environmental solutions in Java Typhoons devastate Asian rice-farming...

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