Mr. Chakravathy decided to use a drum seeder this year to sow his new crop. (Photo: M.N. Budhar) Consumers in Tamil Nadu, a predominantly rice-growing...

Pongal rice, a porridge dish unique to Tamil cuisine and traditionally prepared for the harvest festival. (Photo by Chris Quintana) “Pongal is a harvest...

Rice being traded at an Indian wholesale market. (Photo: IRRI) During the 1943 Bengal famine, 3 to 4 million people died because of widespread starvation....

Imported and local rice at a market in Cotonou in the Republic of Benin. (Image collection of IRRI) Global rice prices started moving upward in November...

(Photo: IRRI) “Rice is life” truly lives up to its meaning in India, where its origin dates back to as long ago as 2500 B.C. In this vast country,...

Even after 17 days of submergence in IRRI research plots, Sub1 rice lines show their “waterproof” trait as they are still standing to the left, right,...

Happy days at IRRI circa 1970: Usha Palaniswamy (with white headband and glasses) enjoys snacks with her father Kodiveri (to her left), mother Indrani...

Farmers inspect a seed drill at a Central Soil Salinity Research Institute field day in October 2005 at the institute headquarters in Karnal, Haryana....

Direct-Seeded rice (right) matures 3–4 weeks earlier than transplanted rice (left), and so is more likely to avoid damaging early-season drought and...