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(Photo: CSISA, TAMIL NADU HUB) In Asia, women are an indispensable part of rice farming. Their roles are somewhat dictated by farming practices and sociocultural...

MARY HENSLEY (left) and Victoria Garcia have teamed up to bring Cordillera heirloom rice to the world. (Photo: Mary Hensley) The jostling streams and golden...

Illustrated by Hanna Joy Malabanan A long, long time ago, during the Qin Dynasty in China, there was a boy named Hán Xìn (Han-Shin). He was born in a...

(Photo: Lanie Reyes) Shortly before this issue of Rice Today went to press, the agricultural world celebrated, on 25 March, the 100th birth anniversary...

Rice field in India. In September 2013, India’s parliament passed the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which, when fully operational, will be the...

THE STRAW of Sahbhagi dhan, a drought-tolerant rice, is a popular cattle feed. (Photo: Lanie Reyes) A car can usually travel down the narrow concrete road...

(Photo: R. Raman, AfricaRice) The rice connection I was born in Saint Louis, which is located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal...

Rabi Pradhan, “The Fighter”, has put up a betel leaf platation from the money she borrowed from a local self-help group. (Photo: Sam Mohanty,...

Kamala Gurung (right) solicits women’s views ad preferences with respect to rice grain quality. (Photo: Kamala Gurung) Kamala Gurung was drawn to...

This issue of Rice Today is for the birds! For the first time, the magazine sports four different covers, each featuring some of the bird species found...