Tag Archives: sustainable agriculture

World market rice prices tripled between April 2007 and April 2008, with most of the increase coming early in 2008. While the world market price is an...

High school students at the Binulasan Integrated School in Quezon, Philippines, are all smiles during a hands-on exercise on pest management in their...

Percentage of households buying rice, at any time of the year 2007, in communes of Madagascar. (Photo: IRRI) Percentage of households buying rice, at any...

Local and imported rice in Cotonou, Benin. (Photo: R.Raman) “Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that...

In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the rice farmers of southern Bangladesh are struggling to get back on their feet. Immediate relief is needed, but science...

The main canal from Pantabangan Reservoir irrigates around 90,000 hectares in the Philippines’ Central Luzon region. (Photo: Raymond Jose Panaligan)  In...

The Asian exception: irrigation (Photo: IRRI) The availability of water is a fundamental requirement for crop growth. In many places, rainfall is scant...

Parboiled rice is loaded at a riverside dock in Bangkok. It will be hauled down the Chao Phraya River to the Gulf of Thailand, to be loaded aboard cargo...

It has been well documented that the Asian Green Revolution (GR), which began in the 1960s with the introduction of modern, high-yielding rice varieties,...