As fertilizer prices increase, research and extension often send farmers a message of “reduce fertilizer use to...
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Peter Jennings, the International Rice Research Institute’s first rice breeder (1961-67), with a long career in Latin...
The land around Pang Cang village of Suoi Giang Commune in Vietnam’s northern province of Yen Bai...
A country that is home to around one-fifth of the entire planet’s population faces some serious challenges....
Between 1979 and 2005, rice area in China decreased from 32.4 to 28.8 million hectares. At the...
On a steaming hot Beijing day in August 2007, a group of researchers from China Agricultural University...
The signs are ominous across West Africa. The price of rice is rising and, consequently, a...
Several factors are combining to slow the growth in demand for rice. Rapid urbanization and increases in...
According to the latest figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), paddy...
