Monthly Archives: October 2012

The new IRRI moisture testers can help farmers come up with more-informed decisions on safe storage. (Photo: Isagani Serrano, IRRI) Farmers need not crack...

Laotian steamed sticky rice with eggplant dip (Photo: Chris Quintana) Steamed sticky rice is an essential part of every meal in Laos. In most cases, it...

In Lao PDR, rice production is an important livelihood of 724,000 farmers. (Photo: IRRI) In Lao PDR, rice production is an important livelihood of 724,000...

In mid-July this year, we visited Bhuan, a small farming community of nearly 50 households in the Indian state of Odisha, to spend a day with Gagan Bihari...

The Department of Agricultural Engineering (DAEng) demonstrated laser leveling in the rice fields of Don Bosco School and Toul Samrong Agricultural Engineering...

Healthy rice landscapes. Planting different types of flowering plants alongside rice can help encourage predators and parasitoids that prey on pests, including...

A long time ago, I was told, “Rice is to Asians what wine is to Europeans.” Wine is linked to Europe’s culture and cuisines as closely as rice is...

Dr. Joseph Bigirimana, liaison scientist, hosts a visit of officials at an IRR I site in Burundi. (Photo: Nduwimana Julien) Rice was introduced in Burundi...

Lesions of sheath blight on a highly susceptible rice variety. (Photo: IRRI) In a study conducted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),...

Farmers transplanting rice in Cambodia. (Photo: IRRI) Recently, quite a number of stories have been in the media about what has been called a “novel...