The Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) was established at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2008...
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On the Danyi plateau in Togo, villagers still bless newly-wed couples by sprinkling rice grains over their...
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For Glégnon Codjo, a smallholder ricefarmer in Benin, climate change is not a matter of debate. It...
For the first time since the crisis in late 2007, new uncertainties plague the global rice market....
A famine broke out in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram in 1958-59. It reportedly took more than...
At a time when the world food supply continues to be outpaced by a growing population...
It certainly looks like climate change at work. The deluge inundated areas that had not flooded in...
During the night of 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis barreled across Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady delta, flattening homes and...
Forecasting changes in climate has always been a complex task. However, with the development of new regional...
