SWARNA SUB1, a submergence-tolerant variety, has been adopted by many farmers in countries such as India and Bangladesh. (Photo: STRASA-India) By serendipity,...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is now embarking on an unprecedented overhaul of its breeding agenda to achieve two things: increase the...

  Paul Bourdin is a registered bird ringer in South Africa and the Philippines. He has contributed to ornithological journals and other birding publications...

With the rapidly growing demand for rice in East Africa, Tanzanian farmers can now boost rice production two to three times by combining good agricultural...

IRRI’s Director Gener Robert Zeigler cuts the ribbon on the opening of the ‘Feathers in the Fields: The Birds of IRRI’ exhibit An exhibit...

Farmers are set to reclaim salt-ravaged land thanks to a single rice plant born of two unlikely parents that is spawning a new generation of rice that...

Kamala Gurung (right) solicits women’s views ad preferences with respect to rice grain quality. (Photo: Kamala Gurung) Kamala Gurung was drawn to...

A look at the people behind Feathers in the fields: The birds of IRRI Tirso Paris, Jr. got into bird photography about 3 years ago when he upgraded from...

As the sun rises and casts its first beams of light over the experimental rice fields at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), there is a flurry...

This issue of Rice Today is for the birds! For the first time, the magazine sports four different covers, each featuring some of the bird species found...