Banking our rice knowledge Banking our rice knowledge February 8, 2009 Generating relevant and useful research solutions to agricultural problems is only halfway to improving farm productivity and...Read More
Soil quality in rainfed lowland rice Soil quality in rainfed lowland rice January 26, 2009 Rainfed lowland rice agroecosystems are characterized by fields that are flooded for at least part of the...Read More
Rice on the cutting edge Rice on the cutting edge January 26, 2009 If performed correctly, the practice of planting rice by broadcasting rice seeds directly into unflooded soil offers...Read More
Food security and fertilizer Food security and fertilizer January 26, 2009 Food security is back on the global agenda. With the recent food crisis, public attention has returned...Read More
How much water does rice use? How much water does rice use? January 26, 2009 3 Many people ask the question, “How much water does it take to produce 1 kg of rice?”...Read More
More than meets your rice More than meets your rice January 26, 2009 Maybe I was hallucinating but I thought I saw a pair of socks among a sea of...Read More
Rice and the global financial crisis Rice and the global financial crisis January 26, 2009 In the October–December 2008 issue of Rice Today, I wrote an article (Rice crisis:, pages 40-41) the...Read More
Dedicated scientists—a child’s inspiration Dedicated scientists—a child’s inspiration January 24, 2009 During my stay at IRRI, I really grew up. Coming from India Tamil Nadu Agricultural University where...Read More
Sowing the seeds of art Sowing the seeds of art January 23, 2009 Mysterious crop circles of incredible complexity that appear overnight, or a baseball park as in the 1989...Read More
Rice in the dragon shadow: China 1976 Rice in the dragon shadow: China 1976 January 1, 2009 The first person-to-person contact between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and China occurred in 1974. On...Read More