Tag Archives: climate change

In India, self-help groups have made a tremendous impact on the lives of poor women in rural areas.  ...

MANILA, Philippines—Rice production in Asia faces a myriad of challenges including meeting the demands of an increasing population, dealing with climate...

IRRI Information System Specialist Abel Callejo presents the PRISM website to agriculture executives and other government officials. (Photo by Neale Paguirigan) MUNTINLUPA...

A paper recently published in Nature Scientific Reports contends that crop models provide inaccurate estimates of rice yield projections under climate...

Scientists are breeding rice varieties with submergence tolerance and stagnant flooding tolerance to help boost Vietnam’s competitive advantage in rice...

The world may be confronted with a global food crisis similar to the 2007-08 crisis as a result of the current El Niño episode. It is imperative that...

As Myanmar experiences more extreme weather events, a roadmap that lays the context, analysis, and options on how to tackle climate change is highly essential....

A Filipino woman collects subsidized rice at a market in Quezon City, Manila. High prices have hit the urban poor, many of whom spend a large proportion...

Rice, cultivated in the flood plains along the Niger River and its tributaries in Nigeria’s northern states, is regularly inundated by floods. In 2015,...

“The potential is there, but you can’t eat potential.” This is one of the most memorable statements of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug....