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Change is coming to Philippine agriculture

Change is coming to Philippine agriculture

December 12, 2016

Emmanuel Piñol, the new secretary of the Department of Agriculture, aims to achieve food security through the...

Why invest in optimizing water use in rice farming?

Why invest in optimizing water use in rice farming?

December 8, 2016

Water use in rice farming needs to be optimized to improve water availability for urban needs.

Three real-life heroes

Three real-life heroes

December 2, 2016

An update on three women farmers in India who were successful in their quest to rewrite their destiny.

50 years of tracking farming changes in the Philippine rice granary

50 years of tracking farming changes in the Philippine rice granary

November 22, 2016

Loop surveys were conducted in the wet and dry season every four to five years from 1966-67...

Searching for a new Mexican “rice miracle”

Searching for a new Mexican “rice miracle”

November 16, 2016

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) brought insecurity to the doorsteps of Mexican farmers. Flooding the...

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution

November 8, 2016

Seed growers turn Anambé into a valley of prosperity

EPIC: A new partnership for rice pest management in Cambodia

EPIC: A new partnership for rice pest management in Cambodia

November 4, 2016

The overreaction of rice farmers towards pests and diseases is creating the biggest negative impact on Cambodia’s...

Digital genes

Digital genes

October 12, 2016

An ambitious project plans to create an online catalog of rice genes in which breeders can choose...

Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice

Combating floods and droughts in Lao PDR with climate-smart rice

July 13, 2016

CURE and its partners, led by Lao’s Agriculture Research Center, show farmers how to grow flood- and...

Technology on display: A glimpse of Philippine agriculture’s future

Change is coming to Philippine agriculture

Why invest in optimizing water use in rice farming?

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50 years of tracking farming changes in the Philippine rice granary

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