Author Archives: Rice Today

A new rice variety that is suitable for areas with high arsenic has been developed by the Rice Research Station at Chinsurah under West Bengal’s Agriculture...

For many African countries like Burundi, agricultural mechanization can be a transformative tool for achieving food security and economic prosperity. ...

Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project (TNIAMP) distributed seeds of ADT-45, a drought-tolerant  rice variety, to farmers in Madurai...

The overall research program of the Institute is oriented toward both basic and applied research. It is concerned with understanding rice as a living organism...

Two men, one looking for a fabled gold treasure the other for a Spanish church beneath a forgotten sea, found an epic experience instead. ...

Participants during a laser land leveling field exercise at AMTC in Yezin (Photo: IRRI) . “Laser land leveling is not a new technology in Myanmar having...

Participants learning the basics of quality rice seed production at a ToT held at IRRI in Odisha. (Photo: IRRI India) . Quality seed is not only the most...

Sustainable Rice Straw Management is an open access book that provides a wide array of options for rice straw management that are potentially more sustainable,...

The golden oyster mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus), shown here growing on rice straw medium at the Philippine Rice Research Institute‘s mushroom...

Promoting the wider use of hydroponics paddy nursery can help Indian rice farmers save significant amounts of water, land, labor, time, and other resources....