From being a heavy rice importer in the 1970s, Indonesia today is the third-largest rice producer in...
Partnerships
One finger cannot lift a pebble,” says an African proverb. The significance of working together cannot be...
More than 1,100 delegates from around the world gathered in Des Moines, Iowa, last 13-15 October, to...
During the 1943 Bengal famine, 3 to 4 million people died because of widespread starvation. Since then,...
“Let’s increase food production without letting land stand idle,” Park Chung-Hee, then president of the Republic of...
As part of the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) 50th anniversary this year, IRRI established the 2010...
Kristal Jones, a former Peace Corps volunteer, recently found herself heading back to Asia, where she had...
Just south of Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, the great Mekong River meets the South...
Birds, maps, and genetic resources I’ve always been interested in nature and in geography. As a young...
South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, boasts a remarkable rice cultivation history. By adopting...
