On the front lines On the front lines May 7, 2010 Climate change is on the agenda of many agricultural organizations and experts are drafting battle plans on...Read More
The global rice crisis hurts South Asia’s poor The global rice crisis hurts South Asia’s poor May 7, 2010 We all know what happened to the rice market in late 2007 and early 2008. Within 6...Read More
Mapping genebank collections Mapping genebank collections May 7, 2010 The genetic diversity in traditional and modern rice varieties, and in the wild relatives of rice, is...Read More
IRRI in Thailand IRRI in Thailand May 7, 2010 The International Rice Research Institute has had a longstanding relationship with Thailand. The first formal link was...Read More
A juggling act: gender barriers and molecular maps A juggling act: gender barriers and molecular maps April 26, 2010 Finding meaningful work in the developing world with rice I ended up at IRRI in a quite...Read More
The global rice market: Where is it going? The global rice market: Where is it going? April 14, 2010 Global rice prices started moving upward in November 2009 after months of steadily declining since reaching their...Read More
A sunburned grain A sunburned grain April 8, 2010 Reporting the impact of an 8-year drought on rice production is a strange caper, I thought, as...Read More
Learning lessons from the HRDC Learning lessons from the HRDC April 7, 2010 The Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) was established at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2008...Read More
Pockets of gold Pockets of gold April 7, 2010 On the Danyi plateau in Togo, villagers still bless newly-wed couples by sprinkling rice grains over their...Read More
Adapting to change Adapting to change March 21, 2010 For Glégnon Codjo, a smallholder ricefarmer in Benin, climate change is not a matter of debate. It...Read More