One of the biggest rice consumers in the world aims to develop a long-term strategy for rice self-sufficiency to meet the continuing increase in population. ...

Illustration of Isharo by Sherri Maigne Meneses Isharo, the beautiful bird of paradise, was preening her multicolored feathers on the topmost branch of...

The Rice Trader’s 4th annual World Rice Conference revealed that the global rice market was hinged on political decisions that would dictate rice exports,...

The spectacular view of Kawah Ijen volcano’s crater lake is tempered by the drudgery and danger of sulfur miners’ work and the extraordinary acidity...

Retired farmer Darmono surveys the concrete pipe factory that replaced his rice paddies 2 years ago. (Photo: Greg Fanslow) The logic of the Green Revolution—spurred...