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Once an unwanted waste material, rice husk is now used as fuel for generating electricity for households and industries as well as a replacement for wood...

(Photo: Matty Demont) A woman’s touch saves seeds Rural women are the “seed custodians” in Bangladesh. They play the primary, but typically unrecognized,...

The new IRRI moisture testers can help farmers come up with more-informed decisions on safe storage. (Photo: Isagani Serrano, IRRI) Farmers need not crack...

(Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT) If you were asked to name some of the outstanding rice producers of the world, you might say China, India, or the United States. You’d...

Named after the twin river systems, the Indus and the Ganges, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) is South Asia’s major food-producing region that comprises...

The excitement of rice farmers in Saint-Louis, Senegal, upon seeing an appropriate engine-driven small-scale thresher from Asia in the mid-1990s could...

(Photo: IRRI) The international conference helped forge alliances and joint ventures with Indian agrofood sector, cooperatives, and new entrepreneurs. The...

Few countries in Asia are familiar with precision land leveling or laser land leveling, but, in India, the technology has already been adopted in many...

Small-scale water harvesting and storage facilities capture excess rainwater during the period of high precipitation and supplements irrigation for dry...

A sea of newly harvested rice extends to the horizon in Battambang Province—the rice bowl of Cambodia. It was only the third week of February, just...