Tag Archives: poverty

Bihar women farmers: powerful agents of change

Women are increasingly establishing their identity as efficient and knowledgeable farmers in their community, thus increasing the scope of inclusion and...

Helping Indonesia keep its rice bowl full

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. ...

Rural poverty and rice

More than 65% of the 1.7 billion people in South Asia live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Nearly, 70% of South Asians, which...

Technology on display: A glimpse of Philippine agriculture’s future

During his visit to IRRI, Secretary Piñol was interested in bringing advances in rice production developed through IRRI’s research to the farmers “so we can focus on food production and poverty alleviation,” which is a cornerstone of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.  “Technologies are useless unless they are in the hands of farmers,” said Secretary...

Change is coming to Philippine agriculture

Emmanuel Piñol, the new secretary of the Department of Agriculture, aims to achieve food security through the rapid and effective transfer of technologies...

Why invest in optimizing water use in rice farming?

Water use in rice farming needs to be optimized to improve water availability for urban needs. ...

Three real-life heroes

An update on three women farmers in India who were successful in their quest to rewrite their destiny. ...

IR8—a rice variety for the ages

It was 50 years ago this 28 November that the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) released a rice variety, under the nondescript name IR8. However,...

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution

Seed growers turn Anambé into a valley of prosperity ...

Celebrating 50 years of IR8: U.S. President Johnson makes historic visit to IRRI with stirring words

This year, 2016, IRRI is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of IR8, the first semidwarf rice variety that changed agriculture across Asia,...

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