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The global rice market is driven by factors that may radically change how rice is traded in the future. (Photo: IRRI) What is the true price of rice?...

(Photo: CSISA, TAMIL NADU HUB) In Asia, women are an indispensable part of rice farming. Their roles are somewhat dictated by farming practices and sociocultural...

During the past few decades, Asia has experienced a period of rapid economic growth that benefited many farmers and consumers. In fact, the decline in...

In the wake of the world food price crisis of 2007-08, the consensus view is that, because of several trends (climate change, biofuels, scarcity of land...

(Photo: IRRI) There is a clear and present danger that another global food price crisis will emerge sooner rather than later. A key signal is the lackluster...

Burundi’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Ir. Odette Kayitesi and IRRI Director General, Bob Zeigler Coinciding with International Women’s...

(Photo: R. Panaligan) Three major cereal price spikes hit world markets in the past few years, one in 2007-08, another in 2010-11, and the third in 2012....

Global rice prices have been fairly stable since 2012 after a run up in the first half of 2011 in anticipation of the reintroduction of the Thai mortgage...

By planting flowers around their rice paddies, women farmers in Vietnam are saving 42% on insect control costs. The women, from Tien Giang Province, participated...