Myanmar: Learning Alliance trains more farmers on rice quality and marketing Myanmar: Learning Alliance trains more farmers on rice quality and marketing February 25, 2015 The Postharvest Learning Alliance (LA) conducted a second joint meeting...Read More
Taiwan signs agreement with IRRI to collaborate on rice research Taiwan signs agreement with IRRI to collaborate on rice research February 10, 2015 A 10-member delegation from Taiwan led by James Chih-I Sha, deputy...Read More
More than seeds More than seeds July 1, 2014 Sri Premananda Swain, a farmer from Arapada Village, Balipatna Block, Khurda District in Odisha, did not mind...Read More
Dawn of a new era in rice improvement Dawn of a new era in rice improvement July 1, 2014 Traditional rice varieties encompass a huge range of potentially valuable genes. These can be used to develop...Read More
IRRI and Nepal IRRI and Nepal April 1, 2014 Rice is important to the people and the economy of Nepal, where agriculture employs around 80% of...Read More
Breeding for tough times ahead Breeding for tough times ahead October 23, 2013 Earlier this year, farmers in the province of Laguna, in the Philippines, participated in a variety selection...Read More
In search of the perfect grain In search of the perfect grain July 1, 2013 Increasing the yield potential of rice has always been the priority in working to increase food security....Read More
Upon the 100,000th cross Upon the 100,000th cross January 1, 2013 Before scientists ever started crossing different rice plants, farmers had inadvertently been at it for centuries. By...Read More
Banking seeds Banking seeds April 24, 2012 3 In Arakan Valley, the upland “rice belt” of North Cotabato, Philippines, farmers hold dear a rice variety—Dinorado,...Read More
Rice: Ethiopia’s millennium crop Rice: Ethiopia’s millennium crop January 9, 2012 Traditionally, rice threshing is done using oxen in many parts of Ethiopia. The oxen trample on rice...Read More