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Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference

(Photos: IRRI) The first World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines,  on 27-29 October 2009 featured extensive...

Grain power

Dr. Robert Zeigler welcomed delegates from around the world to bear witness to another “history in the making,” as scientists find new ways to spark...

A balancing act

Population growth is the dominant determinant of the demand for staple food. World population has more than doubled since the 1950s and has already surpassed...

Conserving the future

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

Drought perpetuates poverty

Drought is a major constraint to rice production in Asia, where at least 20% of the total rice area is drought prone. When rice is grown under rainfed...

Rice in Africa

Africa is labeled as a “poverty continent.” While respectable progress has been made in reducing poverty in other regions of the developing world, the number of African people living on less than one dollar per day has increased, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The region, which includes countries in central, eastern, western, and southern Africa, is now the main...

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