Monthly Archives: August 2020

“I feel very happy when I see my crops growing and I anticipate a big harvest,” Evelyn said. “I cannot really explain it, but I feel happy looking...

We like to say that Filipinos love their rice but my time at the Heirloom Rice Project showed me that to Cordillerans, heirloom rice is more than just...

Due to the water crisis, an impact of climate change and overexploitation, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government encourages farmers...

For many tribes in the Cordilleras, heirloom rice is a spiritual bridge to their ancestors who built considerable knowledge through trial and error and...

Some families are abandoning rice farming in Prey Veng, one of Cambodia’s biggest rice-producing provinces, to invest in aquaculture because of prolonged...

As the Heirloom Rice Project concludes its two phases, we review some of the notable accomplishments delivered by the team. ...

The Bicol Region recorded a 20% to 30% increased in rice production in areas where solar-powered irrigation system units were installed under the Philippine...

Our potential for future international cooperation was greatly enhanced in 1978 by the development of active cooperation with scientists from the People’s...

A genetically engineered nitrogen-fixing rice variety could help Ghana earn USD 40 million annually if widely adopted, according to an economic assessment. The...

The rest of the world is finally catching up with the rice farmers of the Philippine Cordilleras— and the sacred truth they have always known: that their...