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People often argue passionately for or against genetically modified (GM) crops. Rice Today’s aim here is not to take sides in a debate that has often...

The new IRRI moisture testers can help farmers come up with more-informed decisions on safe storage. (Photo: Isagani Serrano, IRRI) Farmers need not crack...

Farmers transplanting rice in Cambodia. (Photo: IRRI) Recently, quite a number of stories have been in the media about what has been called a “novel...

Queleas—often referred to as “feathered locusts”—are probably the most destructive birds in the world. (Photo: Bernard DUPONT) Mrs. Aguénou...

In the Philippines, the second phase of the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2) works to reduce poverty and improve...

The wild relatives of rice are repositories of important traits that help breeders improve rice. (Photo: IRRI) Scientists are scouring the deep and “wild”...

Maize ears from CIMMYT’s collection, showing a wide variety of colors and shapes. CIMMYT’s germplasm bank contains about 28,000 unique samples...

Instead of spraying insecticides, farmer-partners in Southeast Sulawesi now set up traps to catch male white stem borers. (Photo: Donna Casimero) In...

“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in the farming sector in Africa, according to Peinda Cissé,...

As part of its long-standing and ongoing support for the Philippines Rice Self-Sufficiency Plan, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held...