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The big squeeze

The main canal from Pantabangan Reservoir irrigates around 90,000 hectares in the Philippines’ Central Luzon region. (Photo: Raymond Jose Panaligan) In...

The rice AIDS of Africa

The reaction of different rice varieties to a highly virulent form of RYMV collected at Parakou, Benin. Although some lines were killed, others showed...

In the late 1960s, newly developed, high-yielding rice varieties launched the Asian Green Revolution, which rapidly pushed up yields and allowed rice production to keep pace with population growth. In the Philippines, as in many other countries, widespread use of pesticides expanded in step with the new varieties. This was largely due to concerns that crop losses from...

Reflections of a rice widow

Carolyn Moomaw Wilhelm and her late husband, James (“Jim”) Curtis Moomaw, arrived at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in...

Pea and mint risotto

Risotto is a traditional Italian rice dish. This recipe serves 4 as an appetizer. (Photo: Jose Raymond Panaligan) Preparation Heat olive oil in a large...

When the rain stops

A lack of rain in the northern Philippines in July and August 2007 meant that many farmers’ rice fields—such as these in Isabela Province—remained...

The true price of rice

Of the world’s 1.1 billion poor people, almost 700 million people with income of less than a dollar a day reside in rice-growing countries of Asia. Rice...

Luck is the residue of design

Peter Jennings, the International Rice Research Institute’s first rice breeder (1961-67), with a long career in Latin America after his work in Asia,...