Rice of deities Rice of deities April 12, 2012 Three thousand years ago, African rice (Oryza glaberrima) was first domesticated in central Niger in West Africa...Read More
Humans and machines Humans and machines April 12, 2012 A peddle thresher being tried by farmers in Bela Vista, Mozambique. A farmer’s life has never been an...Read More
Is Thai supremacy ending in the global rice market? Is Thai supremacy ending in the global rice market? April 12, 2012 Thailand has been the largest rice exporter in the world for nearly five decades, when the volume...Read More
Panfried glutinous rice Panfried glutinous rice April 12, 2012 This fried glutinous rice (with chicken and shitake mushrooms) is a family favorite among most Malaysian Chinese,...Read More
That rice you throw away That rice you throw away April 12, 2012 A family of five cooks a kilogram of rice in a pot for breakfast. Somebody forgets about it...Read More
South Sulawesi’s homegrown champion South Sulawesi’s homegrown champion April 12, 2012 Calm and smiling, he spoke with authority, and the interviewer from Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) kept probing...Read More
Sensing cash through satellite data Sensing cash through satellite data April 12, 2012 Named after the twin river systems, the Indus and the Ganges, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) is South...Read More
The little machine that could The little machine that could April 12, 2012 The excitement of rice farmers in Saint-Louis, Senegal, upon seeing an appropriate engine-driven small-scale thresher from Asia...Read More
Heirloom in the mountains Heirloom in the mountains April 12, 2012 In the Philippines, the second phase of the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2) works to...Read More
IRRI and Japan IRRI and Japan April 12, 2012 Japan is the only industrialized country whose agriculture is based on rice, its staple food. Rice cultivation...Read More