Can less favorable areas obtain food security? Can less favorable areas obtain food security? April 24, 2009 Rice is life. So, when the global rice crisis hit in 2008, it threatened many lives. The...Read More
Asian consumption to drive markets in 2009 Asian consumption to drive markets in 2009 April 24, 2009 The global financial crisis may have slowed the consumption of various commodities, but Asian demand for grains...Read More
Food security and fertilizer Food security and fertilizer January 26, 2009 Food security is back on the global agenda. With the recent food crisis, public attention has returned...Read More
Rice and the global financial crisis Rice and the global financial crisis January 26, 2009 In the October–December 2008 issue of Rice Today, I wrote an article (Rice crisis:, pages 40-41) the...Read More
Rice crisis: the aftermath Rice crisis: the aftermath October 20, 2008 Compared with the prices of other cereals such as wheat and maize, rice prices were relatively subdued...Read More
Can organic agriculture feed Asia? Can organic agriculture feed Asia? October 20, 2008 Rising fertilizer prices and misperceptions about environmental degradation in intensive agriculture have stimulated claims that so-called “low-input”...Read More
Running out of steam Running out of steam July 21, 2008 Even before the dramatic price spike in early 2008, rice prices on the world market increased every...Read More
Lost in transmission Lost in transmission July 18, 2008 World market rice prices tripled between April 2007 and April 2008, with most of the increase coming...Read More
A lesson from nineteenth-century naturalists A lesson from nineteenth-century naturalists July 18, 2008 As we grapple with the world rice crisis, I think of Alexander Humboldt, Henry Bates, Alfred Russel...Read More
The revolution keeps rolling The revolution keeps rolling April 21, 2008 It has been well documented that the Asian Green Revolution (GR), which began in the 1960s with...Read More