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Rice Today has indeed evolved from an IRRI-centric magazine into a truly global magazine—as the official publication of the Global Rice Science Partnership. Part of this evolution is the re-working of the magazine’s masthead. The idea behind the “new look” is to make Rice Today more up-to-date, reflect...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are delighted to jointly observe 50 years of...

As we usher in the year 2015, Rice Today continues to survey the near and far horizons of the rice world and report the latest on sustainable development,...

As pointed out in this issue’s Grain of Truth by eminent economists from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Bank, the decline in...

Rice Today has come a long way since its first issue in 2002, when its editorial contents were almost all coming from the International Rice Research...

(Photo: Lanie Reyes) Shortly before this issue of Rice Today went to press, the agricultural world celebrated, on 25 March, the 100th birth anniversary...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). The International...

IRRI staff World Food Prize laureates Hank Beachell, Gurdev Khush, Yuan Long Ping, and Monty Jones have made their marks in staving off hunger by increasing...

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) July is National Nutrition Month every year in the Philippines. This year’s theme is Together we can end hunger and malnutrition....

This issue of Rice Today is for the birds! For the first time, the magazine sports four different covers, each featuring some of the bird species found...