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The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021 The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021 January 30, 2023 by Kei Kajisa, Piedad Moya, and Fe Gascon The Central Luzon Loop Survey in the Philippines (the...Read More
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One size does not fit all—Addressing the complexity of food system sustainability One size does not fit all—Addressing the complexity of food system sustainability March 11, 2022 Since the global COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need for enhanced food system sustainability through a major shift...Read More
Old school adaptation Old school adaptation January 24, 2022 What is happening in Assam emphasizes how indigenous people’s farming methods, using organic and traditional techniques, alongside...Read More
From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia December 3, 2021 In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project has delivered six released varieties...Read More
Financing climate change mitigation in agriculture: assessment of investment cases Financing climate change mitigation in agriculture: assessment of investment cases November 29, 2021 Low emission agriculture development will not be possible without significantly increasing the amount of investment in mitigation...Read More
Green Super Rice (GSR) traits: Breeding and genetics for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rice Green Super Rice (GSR) traits: Breeding and genetics for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rice November 8, 2021 The Green Super Rice (GSR) breeding strategy began in 2008 at IRRI to efficiently develop lines with...Read More
RICA: A rice crop calendar for Asia based on MODIS multi-year data RICA: A rice crop calendar for Asia based on MODIS multi-year data November 5, 2021 Crop calendars report the timing of key agricultural activities and crop development. At their most detailed, crop...Read More