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Rural poverty and rice

More than 65% of the 1.7 billion people in South Asia live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Nearly, 70% of South Asians, which is one-fifth of the world’s population, consider rice as their staple food. With 41% arable land, the region produces more than 225 million tons of rice...

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Change is coming to Philippine agriculture

Emmanuel Piñol, the new secretary of the Department of Agriculture, aims to achieve food security through the rapid and effective transfer of technologies...

Why invest in optimizing water use in rice farming?

Water use in rice farming needs to be optimized to improve water availability for urban needs. ...

Three real-life heroes

An update on three women farmers in India who were successful in their quest to rewrite their destiny. ...

Searching for a new Mexican “rice miracle”

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) brought insecurity to the doorsteps of Mexican farmers. Flooding the market with U.S. rice, it drove more...

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution

Seed growers turn Anambé into a valley of prosperity ...

EPIC: A new partnership for rice pest management in Cambodia

The overreaction of  rice farmers towards pests and diseases is creating the biggest negative impact on Cambodia’s society. ...

IRRI mourns death of Thai King, long-time “patron” of rice research

As “Royal Patron” of IRRI, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej shared with the rice research community his knowledge and championship of global...

A tribute to the Rice King

Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic support—His Majesty the King of Thailand is a monarch who genuinely...

Digital genes

An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose from hundreds of thousands of genetic materials in the...

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