“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in...
Breeding and improvement
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...
On the Danyi plateau in Togo, villagers still bless newly-wed couples by sprinkling rice grains over their...
For Glégnon Codjo, a smallholder ricefarmer in Benin, climate change is not a matter of debate. It...
In sub-Saharan Africa, rice is one of the most significant crops—as both a food and cash crop....
