food

Can organic agriculture feed Asia?

Can organic agriculture feed Asia?

October 20, 2008

Rising fertilizer prices and misperceptions about environmental degradation in intensive agriculture have stimulated claims that so-called “low-input”...

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Management made easy

Management made easy

October 18, 2008

The largest expense for rice farming after labor is typically the purchase of fertilizers. Fertilizer prices have...

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Running out of steam

Running out of steam

July 21, 2008

Even before the dramatic price spike in early 2008, rice prices on the world market increased every...

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Navigating a sea of rice

Navigating a sea of rice

July 18, 2008

It’s easy to think of rice as a commodity that sells itself. Demand is growing faster than...

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Lost in transmission

Lost in transmission

July 18, 2008

World market rice prices tripled between April 2007 and April 2008, with most of the increase coming...

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Giving farming a chance

Giving farming a chance

July 18, 2008

“Farmers are getting older and older. When they are gone, who will produce the food? Few farmers...

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A lesson from nineteenth-century naturalists

A lesson from nineteenth-century naturalists

July 18, 2008

As we grapple with the world rice crisis, I think of Alexander Humboldt, Henry Bates, Alfred Russel...

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The price of rice in Madagascar

The price of rice in Madagascar

July 18, 2008

Percentage of households buying rice, at any time of the year 2007, in communes of Madagascar. Rice...

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Opportunity from crisis

Opportunity from crisis

July 18, 2008

“Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that has seen...

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Hungry for knowledge

Hungry for knowledge

April 21, 2008

Travel from the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to the district of Rangpur in the country’s northwest takes...

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