IRRI technologies help minimize pressure on water resource in the Mekong River Basin IRRI technologies help minimize pressure on water resource in the Mekong River Basin August 4, 2017 The Mekong River Basin constitutes a resource-rich river system that provides water, food, and energy to millions...Read More
The hybrid alternative for Africa The hybrid alternative for Africa July 28, 2017 5 Developing the hybrid rice technology capacity of national partners, farmers, nongovernment organizations, and the private sector is...Read More
Starving the foes: new ways to protect rice against diseases Starving the foes: new ways to protect rice against diseases July 20, 2017 Scientists are looking at an innovative approach and a potential strategy to make rice resistant against pathogens...Read More
Improving health and nutrition through rice science Improving health and nutrition through rice science July 14, 2017 Opportunities exist to improve the nutritional content of rice varieties to solve the micronutrient-deficiency problem affecting more...Read More
Resistance from within Resistance from within April 19, 2017 2 A recent technology is giving rice scientists a new weapon for fighting the notorious brown planthoppers: a...Read More
A woman rice farmer changes her plight and her village with stress-tolerant rice varieties A woman rice farmer changes her plight and her village with stress-tolerant rice varieties April 1, 2017 Manikapur Village shares a good portion of the total agricultural productivity of Nepalgunj, a submetropolitan city in...Read More
The “crown jewels” of Chile The “crown jewels” of Chile March 20, 2017 INIA has worked closely with CIAT and FLAR in developing new varieties suited for one of the most...Read More
Continuing global partnership through rice Continuing global partnership through rice March 15, 2017 RICE aims to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, adapt rice-based farming systems to...Read More
CSISA utilizes master trainers to disseminate rice nursery entrepreneurship and mechanical transplanting in Odisha CSISA utilizes master trainers to disseminate rice nursery entrepreneurship and mechanical transplanting in Odisha March 15, 2017 BHUBANESWAR, Odisha—The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) conducted a workshop to develop 40 master trainers...Read More
Food security under attack: Africa’s struggle against parasitic weeds Food security under attack: Africa’s struggle against parasitic weeds March 10, 2017 Parasitic weeds invade around 1.34 million hectares of rainfed rice areas in Africa causing damages estimated at...Read More