Monthly Archives: July 2012

(Photo: IRRI) “It’s such a busy life,” young farmer Maung Khin thought, wishing he had time for a little fun. His lean body was used to planting,...

For many years, rice has been an important part of Sri Lankan culture and it is also the country’s invaluable and most accessible food source. On average,...

Reminiscing about his early years, Baboucarr Manneh said that his first experience with research was a few months after high school in 1988. He served...

Thiebou dieune: Senegal’s rice and fish dish (Photo: R. Raman/AfricaRice) Among the rice dishes prepared in Senegal, a country situated in West Africa,...

Queleas—often referred to as “feathered locusts”—are probably the most destructive birds in the world. (Photo: Bernard DUPONT) Mrs. Aguénou...

The Father of hybrid rice says that increases in grain production because of planting hybrid rice are key to strengthening China as the world’s second-largest...

Rice under the heat of the sun. (Photo: IRRI) Rice thrives in hot and dry to humid climates. However, extreme heat episodes can irreversibly damage rice...

(Photo: IRRI) Cambodia’s resurgence in the 1990s, following a couple of troubling decades of war and internal strife, was a transformation that saw...

(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/SSI/University of Wisconsin) In southern Travancore, Kerala State in India, many ancestral homes are located close to large...

Rice research has helped many countries feed their people, but its successes account for only a small part of the rich rice production toolbox that the...