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Global rice areas produced more than 690 million tons of rough rice in 2012.1 If we divide this by the number of seconds in a year, then—on average—nearly...

Recent advances in remote sensing are quite exciting. A case in point is the availability of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors on...

Lesions of sheath blight on a highly susceptible rice variety. (Photo: IRRI) In a study conducted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),...

Rice under the heat of the sun. (Photo: IRRI) Rice thrives in hot and dry to humid climates. However, extreme heat episodes can irreversibly damage rice...

Named after the twin river systems, the Indus and the Ganges, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) is South Asia’s major food-producing region that comprises...

Women rice farmers in Bangladesh (Photo: IRRI) Rice is the major staple food crop in Bangladesh. The harvested area covers 11.5 million hectares (because...

(Photo: IRRI ) On average, each person in the world consumes more than 50 kilograms of rice a year (see FAOSAT Food supply quantity data). But, this average...

Fishermen and Sahelian goats by the Niger River at Segou, in Mali. (Photo: ILRI/Mann CC)  Remote sensing and spatial modeling have evolved significantly...

(Photo: IRRI) For the past 50 years, rice yield in Asia has generally increased from year to year. However, when we look at stability, the numbers reflect...