It’s easy to think of rice as a commodity that sells itself. Demand is growing faster than...
green revolution
World market rice prices tripled between April 2007 and April 2008, with most of the increase coming...
“Farmers are getting older and older. When they are gone, who will produce the food? Few farmers...
Percentage of households buying rice, at any time of the year 2007, in communes of Madagascar. Rice...
“Everyone to the farm,” is the new decree of President Wade of Senegal—a country that has seen...
Travel from the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to the district of Rangpur in the country’s northwest takes...
In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, the rice farmers of southern Bangladesh are struggling to get back...
In 1998, the farming community of Canarem, 120 kilometers north of Manila in the Philippine province of...
The availability of water is a fundamental requirement for crop growth. In many places, rainfall is scant...
