In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1982 In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1982 September 28, 2020 The “Plan for IRRI’s Third Decade” was completed during 1982 based on priorities suggested by the Board...Read More
Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies September 23, 2020 A recent study concluded that incentivizing farmers in general—and female farmers in particular—can serve as a potential...Read More
In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1981 In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1981 September 16, 2020 IRRI often gets the comment that the modern IR rices are suited only to well-irrigated fields and...Read More
A physician-turned-farmer with a mission to modernize rice farming A physician-turned-farmer with a mission to modernize rice farming September 4, 2020 A medical doctor who is also a farmer not only adopted the laser land leveling technology but...Read More
In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1980 In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1980 September 1, 2020 The 10 years of intensive rice research that followed the release of IR8 pointed to those with...Read More
Targeting women and the youth in disseminating climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam Targeting women and the youth in disseminating climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam August 28, 2020 The study on the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies by men and women in Vietnam is...Read More
In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1979 In retrospect: IRRI Annual Report 1979 August 24, 2020 The challenges to rice researchers and farmers in 1979 have many elements in common with those faced...Read More
A tapestry of rice, earth, and soul A tapestry of rice, earth, and soul August 18, 2020 The people of the Philippine Cordillera Region are so devoted to rice that they carved terraces out...Read More
Our traditions and our heirloom rice are special Our traditions and our heirloom rice are special August 16, 2020 “I feel very happy when I see my crops growing and I anticipate a big harvest,” Evelyn...Read More
Heirloom rice is more than food or commodity Heirloom rice is more than food or commodity August 14, 2020 We like to say that Filipinos love their rice but my time at the Heirloom Rice Project...Read More