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Ms. Afolabi Oluwatoyin Oluwakemi (far right), research assistant at AfricaRice Center is training young researchers how to detect pathogens that cause diseases in rice. (Photo: R. Raman, AfricaRice) International and national rice pathologists, who gathered recently for a training workshop in Burundi, were...

(Photo: R Raman, AFRICARICE) About one-third of the food produced in the world never reaches our plates. Not only is this a colossal loss but all the resources...

DR. SAITO’S WORK has led to a refocus of upland rice breeding work at AfricaRice, which now includes aus and indica materials. It is difficult for...

Uganda—widely known as “the pearl of Africa” for its exquisite natural beauty, diverse flora and fauna, and rich mosaic of cultures— is attracting...

COLD-TOLERANT rice variety nominated as ARICA10 by Africa Rice Breeding Task Force. “The best adaptation to climate change is a breeding and seed system...

Mana filled with freshly harvested Swarna-Sub1. (Photo: Debdutt Behura) Swarna-Sub1 is the flood-tolerant version of the popular mega-variety Swarna (MTU...

(Photo: R Raman, AfricaRice) The 3rd Africa Rice Congress, held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in October 2013, emphasized the need to invest in the modernization...

Earlier this year, farmers in the province of Laguna, in the Philippines, participated in a variety selection trial of GSR. Throughout history, humanity...

Exclusive showroom for rice of the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA) in Ndop, Cameroon. (Photo: R. Raman, AfricaRice) The Republic of Cameroon...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is now embarking on an unprecedented overhaul of its breeding agenda to achieve two things: increase the...