Author Archives: Longping Yuan

(Photo: China National Hybrid Rice Research & Development Center©) Replacing half of the rice-growing areas in the world with hybrid rice varieties...

The Lee Foundation Rice Scholarship Program offers South and Southeast Asians in the early stages of their careers a unique opportunity to acquire an...

  (Photo: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory©) It is vital for the public, private, and philanthropic sectors to coordinate their efforts to bring...

New investments in rice, whether boosting production or upgrades along the value chain, will have to integrate economic and noneconomic dimensions of...

(Photo: Temasek Life Science Laboratory©) It may come as a surprise that the highly urbanized city-state is the birthplace of a sturdy high-yielding...

(Photo by Brian Evans ) Singapore hosts stakeholders in the rice industry—researchers, producers, traders, regulators, and policymakers—to foster...

Dr. Bas Bouman, chair, Science and Program Committee IRC2018 (Photo by Isagani Serrano, IRRI) The IRC provides a platform to discuss results of scientific...

Noel Magor, Nollie Vera Cruz, Roland Buresh, and J.K. Ladha boxed their papers and passed the baton on to their successors in 2017. These Pioneer Interviews...

AfricaRice recently launched a powerful decision-support tool, called RiceAdvice-WeedManager, to help African rice farmers find the most effective and...

The rice industry stakeholders in Myanmar continue to develop solutions for sustaining agricultural development, and the continuous support of IRRI and...