Monthly Archives: February 2016

Chef Gaita is a champion of Philippine ingredients, including the heirloom rice varieties of the Cordilleras. In fact, she graciously shared two recipes...

Our journey is not just a challenge of technology—it is a journey of humanity. For a science organization, our mandate comes close to being a sacred...

Partnership-driven rice science Learning Alliance: A coalition of change Transformation of rice farming in Asia A “mad” scientist speaks candidly ...

Across a wide range of cultures, widows and unmarried women often make up the most marginalized group. Despite the loss of her social status and her...

In spite of the significance of women as unpaid labor or as agricultural wage workers in rice production, postharvest, and processing, their contributions...

Rural women in Bangladesh are responsible for most of the hard work in and around the homestead, yet their work is seldom recognized as part of agriculture....

Swarna-Sub1 not only helps farmers in the low-lying areas of South Asia cope with floods. For women farmers, the flood-tolerant rice variety reduces their...

Drought-tolerant rice helps farmers cope in areas that suffer from water scarcity. (Photo: GRiSP) ...

Women seed-producer groups and seed cooperatives in the three districts were established to ensure that seeds of improved rice varieties are widely available....

Substituting fertilizer for salt and sand. In Europe, the POLARO is used to spread salt and sand for better road traction. In Asia, this lightweight machine...