More than seeds More than seeds July 1, 2014 Sri Premananda Swain, a farmer from Arapada Village, Balipatna Block, Khurda District in Odisha, did not mind...Read More
Creating an oasis with rice Creating an oasis with rice April 1, 2014 A car can usually travel down the narrow concrete road in Nagwa Village of Maharanjganj District in...Read More
IRRI and Nepal IRRI and Nepal April 1, 2014 Rice is important to the people and the economy of Nepal, where agriculture employs around 80% of...Read More
Sowing their choices Sowing their choices January 1, 2014 Soe Moe Kyaw’s family was fishing in a different village when Cyclone Nargis devastated their township in...Read More
Modernizing Asian rice production Modernizing Asian rice production January 1, 2014 Under the “Mansholt Plan” for rice in Asia, governments are urged to expand farm size, promote mechanization, and improve...Read More
Myanmar rises Myanmar rises January 1, 2014 When President U Thein Sein visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in the Philippines in...Read More
The bubble that dries The bubble that dries January 1, 2014 In typical Philippine villages, rice grains spread out on open basketball courts or even on roads to...Read More
Shaping the future of rice Shaping the future of rice January 1, 2014 How will we create a better life and a better future for rice? How can we do...Read More
Reducing pesticide use in Asia’s rice fields: the job is far from finished Reducing pesticide use in Asia’s rice fields: the job is far from finished January 1, 2014 For more than 25 years, Kong Luen “K.L.” Heong worked at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)...Read More
Vietnam turns back a tsunami of pesticides Vietnam turns back a tsunami of pesticides January 1, 2014 For years, the entomologists at Vietnam’s Southern Regional Plant Protection Center in Long Dinh had tried to...Read More