Tag Archives: asia

Neneng Wadingan once left her hometown to seek greener pastures abroad, a dream shared by many Filipinos. But she found her true calling and economic...

GRiSP brings together more than 900 partners globally to address the shared goal of reducing poverty and hunger, improving human health and nutrition,...

Science-based improvements in agricultural technology have contributed significantly—across two Green Revolutions—to alleviating hunger and poverty...

THE CORE TRB team members take a break in one of their multi-environment trial plots. Foreground: Eero Nissilä; middle row (left to right): Glenn Gregorio,...

AKIRA TANAKA (left), head of IRRI’s Plant Physiology Department (1962-66), confers with the Institute’s first breeder Peter Jennings during the...

As pointed out in this issue’s Grain of Truth by eminent economists from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Bank, the decline in...

(Photo: CSISA, TAMIL NADU HUB) In Asia, women are an indispensable part of rice farming. Their roles are somewhat dictated by farming practices and sociocultural...

During the past few decades, Asia has experienced a period of rapid economic growth that benefited many farmers and consumers. In fact, the decline in...

MARY HENSLEY (left) and Victoria Garcia have teamed up to bring Cordillera heirloom rice to the world. (Photo: Mary Hensley) The jostling streams and golden...

Rice is the most important staple food for more than half the planet’s population, particularly for the poor of Asia. World rice yield, herein called...