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Examining IR8 in the Institute fields in August 1967 are IRRI breeder Hank Beachell (crouching), visiting philanthropist John D. Rockefeller III (left),...

IRRI Senior Scientist Hung-Goo Hwang (center), Visiting Research Fellow Kyu-Seong Lee (right), and IRRI Director General Robert Zeigler inspect one of...

Rice is an integral part of life, history, and culture in the Philippines. (Photo: Ariel Javellana, Gene Hettel, and Jose Raymond Panaligan)  The smattering...

(Photo: Jose Raymond Panaligan) Rice and agriculture are still fundamental to the economic development of most Asian nations, not to mention their cultural...

Direct-Seeded rice (right) matures 3–4 weeks earlier than transplanted rice (left), and so is more likely to avoid damaging early-season drought and...

LAO farmers tend vegetable terraces on the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang. Improved rice production allows farmers to diversify their crops, and therefore...

The Mekong River, pictured here at Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, is central to the lives of hundreds of millions of people. (Photo: Peter Fredenburg) The...

The Alimit River winds through remote northeastern Ifugao Province, Philippines. (Photo: IRRI) In the overleaf that follows, the breathtaking bird’s-eye...

RICE TERRACES and patchwork fi elds constitute a typically stunning Yunnan vista, which now—thanks to new high-yielding rice varieties that produce more...