Monthly Archives: September 2016

Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers

A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the hands of critical-thinking scientists, has the potential to...

More Myanmar rice farmers are trying improved technologies to reduce postharvest losses

Myanmar farmers learn about improved methods for drying paddy at a recent Learning Alliance meeting. (Photo by Christopher Cabardo) LETPADAN TOWNSHIP,...

JICA’s volunteer program wins Asia’s Nobel Prize

Photo: JICA The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs) dispatched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to nearly 150 countries for...

GIS skills of Philippine agriculture field officers sharpened

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) project is conducting a series of workshops on basic geographic information systems...

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