Cold reality Cold reality March 9, 2010 Most rice farmers in Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, grapple with the cold every year. During the summer,...Read More
Grappling with cold Grappling with cold March 9, 2010 Recent headlines read: Cold spell compounds woes of Palestinian farmers; Cold spell hits farmers in Nueva Vizcaya,...Read More
COP15 Sets the Climate for Change COP15 Sets the Climate for Change March 9, 2010 COP15, or the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference, was widely expected to pave the way for...Read More
The trouble with you economists! The trouble with you economists! January 26, 2010 The early years Ruttan had laid a good foundation for research and had established contacts with...Read More
Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference Climate change and supply concerns dominate World Rice Conference January 21, 2010 The first World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines, on 27-29 October...Read More
Grain power Grain power January 10, 2010 “The next agricultural revolution will be driven by advances in plant genetics.” This was the reverberating message...Read More
A legacy of genius A legacy of genius January 10, 2010 Before C4 rice even made it to the drawing board, John Sheehy was already quite famous among...Read More
South Asia’s twist of fate South Asia’s twist of fate December 15, 2009 Water is essential in rice farming and its control in rice fields helps farmers attain high yield....Read More
100 years of rice research 100 years of rice research November 15, 2009 “The world is experiencing three simultaneous revolutions: in molecular biology and genetics, in computational power and storage...Read More
The right seed The right seed November 15, 2009 Rice is grown throughout the southern United States, particularly in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, Florida, and...Read More