Although there are chemicals developed to control this disease, none of them are completely effective at eliminating...
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It all started in 1984 in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines. Scientists had begun to develop...
Increasing the yield potential of rice has always been the priority in working to increase food security....
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is now embarking on an unprecedented overhaul of its breeding agenda...
As the sun rises and casts its first beams of light over the experimental rice fields at...
To the untrained eye, the research farm at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines...
The rice husk (or hull) is the outermost layer of the paddy grain that is separated from...
A woman’s touch saves seeds Rural women are the “seed custodians” in Bangladesh. They play the primary,...
At first, the flatbed rice grain dryer did not take off in most countries because of the...
Innocent-looking rice plants also engage in courtship and marriage. The rites are simple, devoid of an elegant...
