Opinion

Training for greater IMPACT

Training for greater IMPACT

January 11, 2006

Rice research can play a major role in achieving many of the eight United Nations Millennium Development...

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Successful technology adoption needs support from both farmers and governments

Successful technology adoption needs support from both farmers and governments

September 8, 2005

Involving farmers and farming communities in decisions about new agricultural technologies or management practices and allowing them...

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Does rice research reduce poverty in Asia?

Does rice research reduce poverty in Asia?

September 8, 2005

Over the past 4 decades, rice research has achieved substantial progress in developing genetically improved rice varieties...

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Do lower rice prices help the poor?

Do lower rice prices help the poor?

April 3, 2005

The price of rice has consistently fallen over the last 40 years. Since the beginnings of the...

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Ups and downs: private-sector investment in rice research

Ups and downs: private-sector investment in rice research

April 3, 2005

Rice is, arguably, the world’s most important food crop. In spite of this prominence, the private sector...

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Saving labor

Saving labor

October 2, 2004

Living standards can rise only as workers become steadily more productive. For rice farming, improving productivity means...

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Biopirates or pioneering conservationists?

Biopirates or pioneering conservationists?

October 1, 2004

The genebanks of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are often portrayed in the popular...

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Rice to the tiller

Rice to the tiller

July 24, 2004

Perhaps surprisingly, farmers do not perform most of the labor on rice farms in South and Southeast...

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Agronomic UFOs waste valuable scientific resources

Agronomic UFOs waste valuable scientific resources

July 23, 2004

Discussion of the system of rice intensification (SRI) is unfortunate because it implies SRI merits serious consideration....

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System of rice intensification responds to 21st century needs

System of rice intensification responds to 21st century needs

July 23, 2004

The system of rice intensification (SRI) was developed in Madagascar 20 years ago by Fr. Henri de...

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