Monthly Archives: April 2008

Hungry for knowledge

BRRI’s M.A. Mazid (front, with glasses and beard) and IRRI’s David Johnson (behind sign) discuss direct seeding and monga mitigation. (Photo: Grant...

After the storm

In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the rice farmers of southern Bangladesh are struggling to get back on their feet. Immediate relief is needed, but science...

The big squeeze

The main canal from Pantabangan Reservoir irrigates around 90,000 hectares in the Philippines’ Central Luzon region. (Photo: Raymond Jose Panaligan)  In...

The Asian exception: irrigation

The Asian exception: irrigation (Photo: IRRI) The availability of water is a fundamental requirement for crop growth. In many places, rainfall is scant...

Troubling trade

Parboiled rice is loaded at a riverside dock in Bangkok. It will be hauled down the Chao Phraya River to the Gulf of Thailand, to be loaded aboard cargo...

The revolution keeps rolling

It has been well documented that the Asian Green Revolution (GR), which began in the 1960s with the introduction of modern, high-yielding rice varieties,...

The rice AIDS of Africa

The reaction of different rice varieties to a highly virulent form of RYMV collected at Parakou, Benin. Although some lines were killed, others showed...

The power of policy

In the late 1960s, newly developed, high-yielding rice varieties launched the Asian Green Revolution, which rapidly pushed up yields and allowed rice production to keep pace with population growth. In the Philippines, as in many other countries, widespread use of pesticides expanded in step with the new varieties. This was largely due to concerns that crop losses from...

Rice Today Vol. 7, No. 2 (April-June 2008)

Trade troubles in Thailand Less water, more rice, happy farmers Preparing for doomsday Bangladeshi farmers pick themselves up After the storm Are high...

Reflections of a rice widow

Carolyn Moomaw Wilhelm and her late husband, James (“Jim”) Curtis Moomaw, arrived at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in...

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