Tag Archives: health

Rice against the tide

A new breed of rice is helping Filipino farmers in Bohol cope with seawater encroaching on their paddies. But in the race against climate change impacts...

High science and smart policies will alleviate hunger and poverty

Science-based improvements in agricultural technology have contributed significantly—across two Green Revolutions—to alleviating hunger and poverty...

Philippines: IRRI and Army General Hospital hold medical mission for indigent families in host community

The Partnerships Office of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) with the support of the Army General Hospital medical personnel headed by Dr. Mary Agnes C. Motril, held a medical mission at Brgy. Sto. Domingo, Bay, Laguna, on 27 February. The mission provided free medical check-up for nearly 250 indigent families consisting of around a thousand individuals,...

IRRI promotes healthier rice research to nutrition professionals

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held an exhibit promoting its ongoing studies on healthier rice at the Diamond Convention of the Nutritionists-Dieticians...

Fried Ominio rice à la Purple Yam

(Photo: Jec Narciso) The Purple Yam is a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2009 by me and chef Romy Dorotan, with a branch in Manila in the...

Plenary speakers provide grist for discussion at IRC2014

Five experts with wide-ranging knowledge—serving as the plenary speakers during the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014)—will be flagging cross-cutting...

Nasi kuning and chicken satay

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) Nasi kuning (yellow rice) is a traditional Indonesian rice dish cooked with coconut milk and turmeric that is usually eaten during...

Bitter harvest from a noble cause

ON 25 MARCH 2014, the agricultural world celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of Norman Borlaug (at center with trainees in Mexico in the...

Bhuna khichuri

(Photo: Isagani Serrano) Bhuna khichuri is a very popular and common dish in Bangladesh and some parts of India that is usually prepared during rainy days...

Vietnam turns back a tsunami of pesticides

(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...

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