Traditionally, rice threshing is done using oxen in many parts of Ethiopia. The oxen trample on rice...
Breeding and improvement
Emma is a 38-year-old mother of eight from the Philippines. She earns a living as a cleaning...
Rice breeders in sub- Saharan Africa are an endangered species, according to Dr. Moussa Sié, Africa Rice...
A bronzed look may be attractive for human beings but, for rice plants, it could be fatal....
“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in...
Wheat gets rust. Maize (corn) gets rust. Also barley, millet, triticale, and oats. In fact, all cereals,...
“The rice plant produces only rice seeds; it does not produce sand, stones, or other foreign materials,” ...
It is fair to say that, without a successful hybrid rice program, China would have struggled to...
The hills of Rwanda are once again alive with the sound of farmers singing as they harvest...
In view of the severe lack of capacity in rice production,which is throttling the development of Africa’s...
