Tag Archives: water management

Mending Asia’s broken rice bowls

A decade of research demonstrates that “citizen science” has a major role to play in curbing ecosystem threats to the Ganges and Mekong River deltas....

How rice plants “manage” water under drought

Because of low rainfall and lack of irrigation infrastructure, water management is often not an option for rainfed lowland rice farmers. But, thanks to...

The food-water-energy nexus: Using gravity drainage to intensify production systems in the coastal zone of Bangladesh

Community coordination to manage sluice gates is an important factor for the intensification of polders. (Photo: IRRI) Sustained economic growth, the quality...

Understanding the grain yield limitation and instability of aerobic rice

Do rice plants have a wild adaptive trait that is counterproductive to aerobic cropping systems?  ...

IRRI technologies help minimize pressure on water resource in the Mekong River Basin

The Mekong River Basin constitutes a resource-rich river system that provides water, food, and energy to millions of people in China, Myanmar, Thailand,...

Technology on display: A glimpse of Philippine agriculture’s future

During his visit to IRRI, Secretary Piñol was interested in bringing advances in rice production developed through IRRI’s research to the farmers “so we can focus on food production and poverty alleviation,” which is a cornerstone of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.  “Technologies are useless unless they are in the hands of farmers,” said Secretary...

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