Tag Archives: rice fields

Tanzania is poised to meet the growing demand for rice in Eastern and Southern Africa. It can potentially double or even triple its production through...

The high-diversity vegetation patches were designed for farmers as part of the “tool kit” of ecological engineering—a rapidly growing discipline...

The Training Center Unit of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) conducted its first laser leveling course at IRRI Headquarters on 2 -5 February....

Rice research has helped many countries feed their people, but its successes account for only a small part of the rich rice production toolbox that the...

Wild food plants such as the water lily abound in northeast Thailand. (Photo: Gisella Cruz García)  Rice fields are important for both rice production...

Farmers have no control over water. Drought leaves them with little water, while storms ravage their crops. (Image collection of IRR) Water is essential...

Sign of the times. One of the effects of climate change is drought, which now occurs more frequently in some regions. (Photo: IRRI) Rice thrives in a...

A sweeping view across mountains in northern Vietnam takes in all the components of the rice landscape: upland rice planted on steep slopes, paddy rice,...

Where and how rice is grown is crucial information for determining research priorities. (Photo: IRRI) Rice is grown in more than 100 countries. According...

(Photo: Ariel Javellana) The road to Albay from the Los Baños headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is long but not tedious....