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With her tiny frame, blunt-cut bangs, and trendy outfits, 28-year-old Truong Thi Thanh Nhan looks more like a school girl than a farmer. Nhan earned her...

Many advancements in Vietnam’s agricultural mechanization started with small engines introduced in the early 1960s. (Photo: Martin Gummert) During...

Although there are chemicals developed to control this disease, none of them are completely effective at eliminating outbreaks. ...

Beta carotene, which the human body converts into Vitamin A, is essential for eye health and the proper functioning of the immune system. It is naturally...

As the sun rises and casts its first beams of light over the experimental rice fields at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), there is a flurry...

To the untrained eye, the research farm at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines may look like nothing more than a verdant...

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 Thai rice mortgage scheme continues to receive a fair amount of media bashing even after completing its one-year anniversary on 7 October 2012. The...

In Lao PDR, rice production is an important livelihood of 724,000 farmers. (Photo: IRRI) In Lao PDR, rice production is an important livelihood of 724,000...