Author Archives: Rice Today

IRRI-Vietnam and Can Tho Subdivision of Crop Production and Plant Protection organized a site visit for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,...

With the growing demand for japonica rice in the Philippines, imports fill out the gap. With the opportunities seen, efforts to adapt popular foreign rice...

The UN Food  and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Eurpean Union launched a program to improve the sustainability of Sri Lanka’s rice sector. The program...

No crop is as vulnerable to global warming as rice, say scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Solutions to address the compounding...

Integrated rice culture and aquaculture could help meet global food security, make rice production sustainable, and generate more income for farmers. Studies...

In India, potato is the most important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. Reduced-tillage potato cultivation is a sustainable and effective technique...

The GIAR research initiatives, Seed Equal and Market Intelligence, hosted a reflection and planning workshop at the International Livestock Research Institute...

Malho Marndi proudly recounts her journey as she returned to her village in Odisha, India to engage in farming and became a progressive farmer in her area....

The FAO estimated that over 6% of the world’s land area and about 20% of irrigated croplands are affected by salinity. Strategic and adaptive research...

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