Don’t let the lady beetle’s adorable appearance fool you. These beetles, both adults and their larvae, are...
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In 2002, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) had four major problems in rice: blast, bacterial blight,...
Over the last 3 years, a study has been conducted to document past IRRI training activities, assess...
Rice is life for nearly 3.5 billion people around the globe, especially in Asia, but, before people...
Merle Shepard has been working for 13 years on an unusual “hobby,” as he describes the process....
Traditionally, rice threshing is done using oxen in many parts of Ethiopia. The oxen trample on rice...
Japan has long defended and quite successfully managed to maintain sovereignty in its international agricultural trade policies...
Laxima Adhikari, a farmer in Nepal, used to suffer from an unstable supply of seeds, especially when...
In Asia, where about 90% of rice is grown, hundreds of millions of rural poor grow rice...
Maize ears from CIMMYT’s collection, showing a wide variety of colors and shapes. CIMMYT’s germplasm bank contains...
