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Strengthening research-to-farm extension channels to improve farmers’ productivity and profitability

Different extension approaches have been used to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and farmers. A mix of different channels and modes works...

Unleashing the rice market

The global rice market is driven by factors that may radically change how rice is traded in the future. (Photo: IRRI) What is the true price of rice?...

The global rice market pauses

Rice vendors in a market in Cambodia.(Image collection of IRR) For the first time since the crisis in late 2007, new uncertainties plague the global...

Successful technology adoption needs support from both farmers and governments

Involving farmers and farming communities in decisions about new agricultural technologies or management practices and allowing them to try a technology form the crux of the participatory approach to research. Not only does this give farming communities a sense of ownership, it also ensures that the technologies are sustainable under the farmers’ own management But is...

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