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FARMERS IN INDONESIA mixing fertilizer (potassium chloride and urea) for application to rice at panicle-initiation stage. (Photo: Monina Escalada) The largest expense for rice farming after labor is typically the purchase of fertilizers. Fertilizer prices have dramatically increased in recent months,...

Melissa Fitzgerald (right) and Teodie Atienza analyze rice-grain quality. (Photo: Jose Raymond Panaligan) The publication in 2005 of the rice genome—the...

Viput Wanglee (left) and his brother Vuttiphol, assistant to Chaitip’s managing director for production, examine the company’s premium quality Thai...

High school students at the Binulasan Integrated School in Quezon, Philippines, are all smiles during a hands-on exercise on pest management in their...

Local and imported rice in Cotonou, Benin. (Photo: R.Raman) “Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that...

BRRI’s M.A. Mazid (front, with glasses and beard) and IRRI’s David Johnson (behind sign) discuss direct seeding and monga mitigation. (Photo: Grant...

In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the rice farmers of southern Bangladesh are struggling to get back on their feet. Immediate relief is needed, but science...

The main canal from Pantabangan Reservoir irrigates around 90,000 hectares in the Philippines’ Central Luzon region. (Photo: Raymond Jose Panaligan)  In...

Parboiled rice is loaded at a riverside dock in Bangkok. It will be hauled down the Chao Phraya River to the Gulf of Thailand, to be loaded aboard cargo...

The reaction of different rice varieties to a highly virulent form of RYMV collected at Parakou, Benin. Although some lines were killed, others showed...