Monthly Archives: October 2014

Fried Ominio rice à la Purple Yam

(Photo: Jec Narciso) The Purple Yam is a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2009 by me and chef Romy Dorotan, with a branch in Manila in the...

Innovators in rice science

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is recognizing another crop of Outstanding Alumni during an upcoming quadrennial ceremony. They are Amitha...

Rice revival in the land of maize

SKULL AND RICE decorate Dia de los Muertos festival in Mexico City. (Photo: Alejandro De la Cruz) Anyone worried about the impacts of trade liberalization...

Harnessing big data for climate change

CIAT’s award-winning data crunchers: (From left – above) María Camila Rebolledo, Daniel Jiménez, Víctor Hugo Patiño, Juan Felipe Rodríguez....

A solid foundation for the next generation of rice researchers

CORNELL PHD candidate Alice Beban (left) used her ARFUSA travel grant to enhance her field research in Cambodia. Here, she interviews a Cambodian farm...

Women who moved mountains

MARY HENSLEY (left) and Victoria Garcia have teamed up to bring Cordillera heirloom rice to the world. (Photo: Mary Hensley) The jostling streams and golden...

Plenary speakers provide grist for discussion at IRC2014

Five experts with wide-ranging knowledge—serving as the plenary speakers during the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014)—will be flagging cross-cutting...

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