A Filipino woman collects subsidized rice at a market in Quezon City, Manila. High prices have hit the urban poor, many of whom spend a large proportion...

Like a roller-coaster, rice prices in the volatile global market can move up and down in a matter of weeks. But, runaway prices, like those that fueled...

Rice market in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: IRRI) According to recent estimates by the United Nations, the world population will reach 7 billion in October...

(Photo: IRRI) What does it take to attain global food security? This is a question for which rice provides part, if not most, of the answer. Rice—a staple...

This issue’s Rice facts presents some key information on the rice situation in Asia and selected rice-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa—where...