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Sowing peace in South Asia

Rice and wheat grown in rotation account for one-third of the cropping area of both grains in South Asia. Maintaining soil fertility and boosting yields in the rice-wheat system are vital to improving food security in this volatile region and to restoring peace in Afghanistan. (Photo: IRRI) Rice and wheat...

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The cereal of the world’s poor takes center stage

(Photo: Science) The milestone publication in the 5 April 2002 issue of Science (Vol. 296) of not one, but two, draft genome sequences of rice (Oryza sativa)...

Mekong harvests

Shrimp farming became very profitable with the introduction of large varieties raised for export, just as protection against saltwater intrusion made possible...

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