People - Rice Today

A tribute to the Rice King

Thai rice farmers are fortunate to have a head of state who does more than offer symbolic support—His Majesty the King of Thailand is a monarch who genuinely...

Shalabh Dixit: The link between rice genes and rice farmers

A quantitative trait locus, or QTL, is an incredibly small section of the DNA that, in the hands of critical-thinking scientists, has the potential to...

Profiles of successful seed producer-farmers in Nepal

With no advanced education, Khushi Ram Mishra and Lok Nath Devkota have become successful seed producer farmers in Nepal. Their success stories are still...

Hats off to a master juggler

A dynamic research leader, a well-respected rice agronomist, a mentor to young scientists, a widely published author, and a loving family man, Marco Wopereis...

Revisiting Cambodia’s “Killing Fields” 30 years later

Photos: Gene Hettel Glenn Denning, a professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, directs...

Historian’s cut: IRRI’s introverted “mad” scientist (full interview)

Interviewer’s note: In observing IRRI Director General Robert S. Zeigler’s last week at the Institute (6-12 December 2015) before retirement,...

Home among the heirlooms

Neneng Wadingan once left her hometown to seek greener pastures abroad, a dream shared by many Filipinos. But she found her true calling and economic...

An introverted “mad” scientist speaks candidly, making no apologies

Dr. Robert S.”Bob” Zeigler is an internationally respected plant pathologist with more than 30 years of experience in agricultural research...

Al Schmidley: Rice security is food security for much of the world

A lifelong interest in Asia has propelled a business model and value chain specialist for the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) into a meaningful...