Banking our rice knowledge Banking our rice knowledge February 8, 2009 Generating relevant and useful research solutions to agricultural problems is only halfway to improving farm productivity and...Read More
Rice on the cutting edge Rice on the cutting edge January 26, 2009 If performed correctly, the practice of planting rice by broadcasting rice seeds directly into unflooded soil offers...Read More
How much water does rice use? How much water does rice use? January 26, 2009 3 Many people ask the question, “How much water does it take to produce 1 kg of rice?”...Read More
Harvesting serendipity Harvesting serendipity October 20, 2008 SRI LANKAN Farm workers prepare to plant rice on a farm in Bathalagoda. The term “serendipity” was coined...Read More
Shaking the invisible hand Shaking the invisible hand October 20, 2008 Many of Thailand’s 3.7 million rice farmers are unhappy. As the producers of the world’s biggest rice...Read More
A flour blooms A flour blooms October 20, 2008 Yuko Kimura, a chef at Fukusoen, a traditional noodle restaurant in Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, is...Read More
Moving up in Ethiopia Moving up in Ethiopia October 20, 2008 Geographically, Ethiopia’s vast land area—1.12 million square kilometers—is defined by the Great Rift Valley system, which cuts...Read More
Management made easy Management made easy October 18, 2008 The largest expense for rice farming after labor is typically the purchase of fertilizers. Fertilizer prices have...Read More
Illuminating the gap Illuminating the gap August 21, 2008 The publication in 2005 of the rice genome—the sum total of genetic information in the rice plant,...Read More
Navigating a sea of rice Navigating a sea of rice July 18, 2008 It’s easy to think of rice as a commodity that sells itself. Demand is growing faster than...Read More