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On 31 October, the United Nations estimates that the world’s population will hit 7 billion. For many of us—occupied, most of the time, by the daily...

Erratic weather troubles U.S. production.(Photo: The Rice Trader) In 2010, the 4th The Rice Trader (TRT) Rice Americas Conference covered Brazil’s poor...

A farmer from the Cordillera region in the Philippines carefully checks her newly harvested rice—the fruits of her labor. She is one of the many women...

(Photo: IRRI) Global food prices are on the rise again. In January, the food price index exceeded the level witnessed during the peak of the 2008 food...

Photo: IRRI The eighth day of March 2011 marked the 100th International Women’s Day. This year’s theme touched base with the call to provide women...

Rice seed production in 100 ha at the farmers field in Brazil.  Latin America has a tiny share in global rice production—only around 4% of the total....

A lowland rice farmer from Savannakhet Province in Laos threshing rice after the harvest. (Photo: Danielle Marichal)  The global rice market is on the...

Using a palette of threads, an anonymous artist depicts a Vietnamese woman winnowing rice in this traditional hand-embroidered picture. Hand embroidery...

Agriculture is often accused of reducing biodiversity. Diverse natural ecosystems are replaced with comparatively uniform farming systems. About 10,000...