A while back, I read an interesting story extolling the merits of the new flood-tolerant rice, Swarna-Sub1,...
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The high-diversity vegetation patches were designed for farmers as part of the “tool kit” of ecological engineering—a...
There is one occasion that Brazilian farmer Geovano Parcianello never misses. Every year, he travels 503 kilometers...
Venuprasad Ramaiah: A passion for rice genetics and breeding Like many of his classmates, Venuprasad Ramaiah was...
Unreliable weather can make or break rice farmers that rely on rainfall for water. Climate change makes...
Husband and wife Joven and Lydia Ganapin, farmers in a small village in Babatngon, Leyte, Central Philippines,...
César Puerto’s half-hectare rice plot yields him 3 tons of grain each harvest. Mr. Puerto has dedicated...
Uruguay is a small country in the Southern Cone of South America, located in a corner between...
The past 40 years have seen major advances in rice improvement for the unique and diverse growing...
Several million of the world’s poorest farmers are already adopting one of the first new technologies of...
