Dr. Haefele holds a pile of biochar—essentially charcoal—that has been produced from rice husks. (Photo by Jose Raymond Panaligan, IRRI) . In the 1870s,...

(Photo: IRRI) Wars ripped apart the social fabric of the Mekong basin in the 1960s and 1970s, bringing suffering and uncertainty to millions of Southeast...

The spectacular view of Kawah Ijen volcano’s crater lake is tempered by the drudgery and danger of sulfur miners’ work and the extraordinary acidity...

In 1962, scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) debated the cause of low and stagnant rice yields in the tropics: was it variety or crop management? This debate ended with the release of the semidwarf IR8 in 1966, initiating the Green Revolution. The same variety, in the same year, extended this revolution to Latin America, beginning in Colombia...

(Photo: IRRI) To develop effective poverty reduction strategies, we need to understand what the geographic patterns of poverty are, and what causes these...

Monty Jones with the plaque presented to him at the Africa Rice Center’s inaugural lecture in his honor. (Photo: R. Raman)       With...

Population growth is the dominant determinant of the demand for staple food. World population has more than doubled since the 1950s and has already surpassed...

Rising to the water challenge The beauty of blackened earth Rice in volcanic strife River of rice Building success around the Mekong ...