New irrigation technique can ease drought effect on rice New irrigation technique can ease drought effect on rice June 6, 2014 AWD is easy to learn and makes use of inexpensive tools to gauge water level to know...Read More
3,000 rice genome sequences made publicly available on World Hunger Day 3,000 rice genome sequences made publicly available on World Hunger Day May 29, 2014 This article was originally published in GigaBlog More on the 3,000 rice genome project The open-access, open-data...Read More
Sustained food security depends on improving the lives of farmers – IRRI chief Sustained food security depends on improving the lives of farmers – IRRI chief May 23, 2014 Makati, Philippines – The plight of farmsteads and farm labor and how this will affect efforts to...Read More
Ten million farmers have access to climate-smart rice Ten million farmers have access to climate-smart rice May 20, 2014 New Delhi – About 10 million of the poorest and most disadvantaged rice farmers have been given...Read More
ASEAN cooperation: Crucial to global food security ASEAN cooperation: Crucial to global food security April 28, 2014 There is a clear and present danger that another global food price crisis will emerge sooner rather...Read More
PhilRice and IRRI jointly protect elite breeding lines PhilRice and IRRI jointly protect elite breeding lines April 16, 2014 Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and...Read More
150th harvest from world’s longest-running continuous rice experiment 150th harvest from world’s longest-running continuous rice experiment April 14, 2014 The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is marking the 150th harvest of its Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment...Read More
Bitter harvest from a noble cause Bitter harvest from a noble cause April 10, 2014 Norm Borlaug (at center in photo above) had no illusions that the Green Revolution was anything other than...Read More
When there is rice in the barn, all else will follow When there is rice in the barn, all else will follow April 1, 2014 In the northeast corner of the Himalayas, where the mountain mists meet the land, the jungle grew...Read More
Happy birthday, rice! Happy birthday, rice! April 1, 2014 In Malayalam, the predominant language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala, Regulus, the 10th asterism, consists...Read More