Ready for climate change Ready for climate change April 2, 2011 A growing number of subsistence farmers as well as seed growers are now planting “climate-change-ready” rice in...Read More
Rice Today Vol. 10, No. 2 (April-June 2011) Rice Today Vol. 10, No. 2 (April-June 2011) April 1, 2011 Changing the face of rice Seeds for climate change Bridging the GAP Pillars of Agriculture: Women rice...Read More
Kiping the faith Kiping the faith April 1, 2011 In the Philippines, a country with 1,001 fiestas, town celebrations tend to become indistinguishable from one another....Read More
The hand that rocks the thresher The hand that rocks the thresher April 1, 2011 “Yes!” was the answer of women participants in a leadership training course when the facilitator asked them,...Read More
Farmers get their groove back Farmers get their groove back April 1, 2011 Consumers in Tamil Nadu, a predominantly rice-growing state in India, who preferred millet grains, particularly finger millet,...Read More
Making dreams come true Making dreams come true April 1, 2011 “My story of going into agriculture is like an irony of ironies,” Shaobing Peng recalls. “In 1979,...Read More
Bridging the gap Bridging the gap April 1, 2011 In 1997, as a reaction to the growing concerns of consumers, British food retailers working with supermarkets...Read More
IRRI in Indonesia IRRI in Indonesia April 1, 2011 From being a heavy rice importer in the 1970s, Indonesia today is the third-largest rice producer in...Read More
The pillars of Africa’s agriculture The pillars of Africa’s agriculture April 1, 2011 “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in...Read More
IRRI gives top rice varieties to Filipino farmers at field day IRRI gives top rice varieties to Filipino farmers at field day February 28, 2011 As part of its long-standing and ongoing support for the Philippines Rice Self-Sufficiency Plan, the International Rice...Read More