IRRI in Bangladesh IRRI in Bangladesh January 9, 2012 Surrounded by India Bangladesh is a country that is as culturally and historically rich. Having an agrarian...Read More
Striking a balance Striking a balance January 9, 2012 The 3rd World Rice Conference India’s export machine emerged as the talk of the town in Ho...Read More
Rice cropping patterns in Bangladesh Rice cropping patterns in Bangladesh January 9, 2012 Rice is the major staple food crop in Bangladesh. The harvested area covers 11.5 million hectares (because...Read More
“Train us” “Train us” January 9, 2012 Back in 2006, a farmer in the town of Victoria in the Philippine province of Laguna asked...Read More
Rice: Ethiopia’s millennium crop Rice: Ethiopia’s millennium crop January 9, 2012 Traditionally, rice threshing is done using oxen in many parts of Ethiopia. The oxen trample on rice...Read More
Rice in Japan: Beyond 3.11 Rice in Japan: Beyond 3.11 January 9, 2012 Japan has long defended and quite successfully managed to maintain sovereignty in its international agricultural trade policies...Read More
Seeds of life in Nepal Seeds of life in Nepal January 9, 2012 Laxima Adhikari, a farmer in Nepal, used to suffer from an unstable supply of seeds, especially when...Read More
Green: the new color of rice Green: the new color of rice December 2, 2011 Rice consumers worldwide can now look forward to eating “green” rice with the launch of an initiative...Read More
Monitoring an inconvenient divergence Monitoring an inconvenient divergence October 17, 2011 For several years now, I have been monitoring, with some alarm, the world population clock on the...Read More
Technologies meet farmers Technologies meet farmers October 7, 2011 In Asia, where about 90% of rice is grown, hundreds of millions of rural poor grow rice...Read More