Monthly Archives: November 2018

How soil and climate-smart agriculture can fight climate change

Soil has an immense potential in reducing the concentration of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere by storing it. IRRI-OUAT collaborative project on climate-smart...

Solving the world’s soil crisis

Sustainable soil management is an integral part of sustainable land management as well as a basis for addressing poverty eradication, agricultural and...

The planet that destroys its soil destroys itself

Like most natural resources, we cannot continue to take soil for granted. It takes thousands of years to create a thin layer of soil and we are losing...

New improved rice varieties for Burundi today, food security for Africa tomorrow

IRRI has worked in Burundi since 2008 to enhance national capacity in breeding and research on rice and rice-based systems in the country. These will amplify...

How rice became a staple in British restaurants (and how you can ride the “rice wave”)

The year 2018 ushered a love for food from all over the world. With this fascination came a new British appreciation for rice. Malay nonya rice salad (Photo:...

Reflections on my time at the center of rice research

A former agronomist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) looks back at his long and productive career. (Photos by Isagani Serrano, IRRI)...

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