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The air pressure from the ventilators holds up the polyethylene plastic sheet over the rice grains. (Photo: Ana Salvatierra) In typical Philippine villages,...

How will we create a better life and a better future for rice? How can we do much more, with less? ...

(Photo: Gene Hettel) For more than 25 years, Kong Luen “K.L.” Heong worked at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as an entomologist,...

(Photo: Ho Van Chien) For years, the entomologists at Vietnam’s Southern Regional Plant Protection Center in Long Dinh had tried to sell rice farmers...

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) If the searing heat wasn’t enough, the thick, dark smoke that engulfed the area surrounding the furnace made the workers want...

(Photo: Yusaku Uga) An international team led by the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in Japan, which includes scientists from the...

Many advancements in Vietnam’s agricultural mechanization started with small engines introduced in the early 1960s. (Photo: Martin Gummert) During...

Although there are chemicals developed to control this disease, none of them are completely effective at eliminating outbreaks. ...

Beta carotene, which the human body converts into Vitamin A, is essential for eye health and the proper functioning of the immune system. It is naturally...

Lesions of sheath blight on a highly susceptible rice variety. (Photo: IRRI) In a study conducted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),...