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Challenges for IRRI: a cross-section of opinions

Randy Barker, IRRI agricultural economist and head, Economics Department, 1966-78; acting head, Social Sciences Division, 2007-08 When I first came to IRRI in 1966 just before IR8, people at that time looked at IRRI and said, “that’s a nice set of buildings,” but they didn’t think the Institute would ever produce anything. There was a real skepticism about whether...

In the Punjab—an outstanding farmer revisited

(Photo: Adam Barclay) My father, S. Ram Singh, was a progressive farmer and I would say that I inherited from him the gene that bestowed upon me my...

Love at first site

FILIPINO FARMER Johnny Tejeda tends his rice crop in Iloilo. (Photo: Lorelei dela Cruz) The global food crisis of 2008 hit Asia particularly hard. The...

Dedicated scientists—a child’s inspiration

Happy days at IRRI circa 1970: Usha Palaniswamy (with white headband and glasses) enjoys snacks with her father Kodiveri (to her left), mother Indrani...

Reflections of a rice widow

Carolyn Moomaw Wilhelm and her late husband, James (“Jim”) Curtis Moomaw, arrived at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in...

Luck is the residue of design

Peter Jennings, the International Rice Research Institute’s first rice breeder (1961-67), with a long career in Latin America after his work in Asia,...

Reason to cheer

A GROUP OF RICE FARMERS, led by rural development expert Jan Orsini (hidden), raises an incongruous but rousing Thai victory chant in Comilla, Bangladesh....

Crying time

(Photo: Peter Fredenburg) When they come calling in a village, Truong Thi Ngoc Chi and Tran Thi Ngoc Mai bring the refreshments. They do this because the...

Organized free for all

Easy access: training and courseware specialist Albert Atkinson demonstrates how to use the Rice Knowledge Bank to Mark Bell, head of the IRRI Training...

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