Ready for climate change Ready for climate change April 2, 2011 A growing number of subsistence farmers as well as seed growers are now planting “climate-change-ready” rice in...Read More
Farmers get their groove back Farmers get their groove back April 1, 2011 Consumers in Tamil Nadu, a predominantly rice-growing state in India, who preferred millet grains, particularly finger millet,...Read More
Bridging the gap Bridging the gap April 1, 2011 In 1997, as a reaction to the growing concerns of consumers, British food retailers working with supermarkets...Read More
The pillars of Africa’s agriculture The pillars of Africa’s agriculture April 1, 2011 “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in...Read More
Greener rice Greener rice February 7, 2011 Fears of food shortages following the rice crisis in 2007 and 2008 have prompted a dramatic shift...Read More
Rat busters Rat busters January 7, 2011 There was simply no turning back—literally—for the rodent management team from the International Rice Research Institute as...Read More
No rust for rice No rust for rice January 7, 2011 Wheat gets rust. Maize (corn) gets rust. Also barley, millet, triticale, and oats. In fact, all cereals,...Read More
Quality matters Quality matters January 7, 2011 “The rice plant produces only rice seeds; it does not produce sand, stones, or other foreign materials,” ...Read More
Carolina Gold and Carolina White rice: a genetic odyssey Carolina Gold and Carolina White rice: a genetic odyssey October 26, 2010 2 In 1982, Dr. César Martínez visited a rained rice-growing area near Tarapoto, in Peru’s upper Amazon Basin....Read More
Hybridizing the world Hybridizing the world October 1, 2010 It is fair to say that, without a successful hybrid rice program, China would have struggled to...Read More