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In the new era of genomic research, “genome editing” technology has been developed, consisting of new tools that enable not only rapid alterations...

A while back, I read an interesting story extolling the merits of the new flood-tolerant rice, Swarna-Sub1, in the newsletter of the Stress-Tolerant Rice...

(Photo: Adriana Varón Molina) There is one occasion that Brazilian farmer Geovano Parcianello never misses. Every year, he travels 503 kilometers from...

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

Husband and wife Joven and Lydia Ganapin, farmers in a small village in Babatngon, Leyte, Central Philippines, clearly remember the floods triggered by...

César Puerto’s half-hectare rice plot yields him 3 tons of grain each harvest. Mr. Puerto has dedicated 10 of his 32 years to growing rice. It provides...

Uruguay is a small country in the Southern Cone of South America, located in a corner between the Río de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean. Rolling hills,...

The past 40 years have seen major advances in rice improvement for the unique and diverse growing conditions of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)....

Green Revolutions GR2.0 and GR3.0 will benefit the poorest of the poor who, for various reasons, did not reap rewards of the first one. (Photo:...