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The future of agriculture lies in the next generation of leaders who will face the tough challenges of poverty and hunger, limited natural resources, and...

DR. RAMAIAH confers with Arnaud Gouda, a research technician in the AfricaRice Biotechnology Laboratory, where they are “mining” for alleles...

(Photos: Gene Hettel) The legendary Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq, 78, began his long and enduring rice research career in 1968 as a cytogeneticist at the...

Patricia Guzman (left) and Salome Tupa on the promise of women’s hard-won leadership in a traditionally male-dominated rice sector. (Photo: Nathan...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is recognizing another crop of Outstanding Alumni during an upcoming quadrennial ceremony. They are Amitha...

Five experts with wide-ranging knowledge—serving as the plenary speakers during the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014)—will be flagging cross-cutting...

KRISHNA JAGADISH, Impa Somayanda, and their son Kanav prove that rice science and love do mix. Krishna Jagadish and Impa Somayanda were studying at the...

Paris Family She grew up watching a young widow pull life together out of meager means to shelter her seven children. Perhaps this is why Thelma Paris,...

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) Achim Dobermann’s term as head of research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) saw a period of constructive...