Giving farming a chance Giving farming a chance July 18, 2008 “Farmers are getting older and older. When they are gone, who will produce the food? Few farmers...Read More
Opportunity from crisis Opportunity from crisis July 18, 2008 “Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that has seen...Read More
Hungry for knowledge Hungry for knowledge April 21, 2008 Travel from the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to the district of Rangpur in the country’s northwest takes...Read More
After the storm After the storm April 21, 2008 In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the rice farmers of southern Bangladesh are struggling to get back...Read More
The big squeeze The big squeeze April 21, 2008 In 1998, the farming community of Canarem, 120 kilometers north of Manila in the Philippine province of...Read More
Troubling trade Troubling trade April 21, 2008 International rice trading is not a business for the faint-hearted. Thailand’s exporters knew that well. They also...Read More
The rice AIDS of Africa The rice AIDS of Africa April 21, 2008 Unique to Africa, rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) has become the continent’s most rapidly spreading disease of...Read More
African rice research expands African rice research expands January 18, 2008 The 26th session of the Council of Ministers of the Africa Rice Center (WARDA), held in Abuja,...Read More
When the rain stops When the rain stops January 18, 2008 This was the scene in late August 2007 throughout towns on the Philippine island of Luzon in...Read More
Looking up in the uplands Looking up in the uplands October 18, 2007 The land around Pang Cang village of Suoi Giang Commune in Vietnam’s northern province of Yen Bai...Read More