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(Photo: Stepan Haefele) Farmers typically grow two or three crops a year. Since they don’t have enough turnaround time before beginning the next planting...

Turkey has the third-highest average rice yield in the world (behind Australia and Egypt), which reflects a sustained investment in research and extension...

The Department of Agricultural Engineering (DAEng) demonstrated laser leveling in the rice fields of Don Bosco School and Toul Samrong Agricultural Engineering...

Queleas—often referred to as “feathered locusts”—are probably the most destructive birds in the world. (Photo: Bernard DUPONT) Mrs. Aguénou...

A peddle thresher being tried by farmers in Bela Vista, Mozambique. A farmer’s life has never been an easy one. Before farmers can reap the full benefit...

The excitement of rice farmers in Saint-Louis, Senegal, upon seeing an appropriate engine-driven small-scale thresher from Asia in the mid-1990s could...

Traditionally, rice threshing is done using oxen in many parts of Ethiopia. The oxen trample on rice stalks and the grains are swept and gathered. Recently,...

Emma is a 38-year-old mother of eight from the Philippines. She earns a living as a cleaning lady, and putting food on the table is a challenge that she...

Rice breeders in sub- Saharan Africa are an endangered species, according to Dr. Moussa Sié, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) senior scientist. “Since...