green revolution

Let’s promote brown rice to combat hidden hunger

Let’s promote brown rice to combat hidden hunger

January 18, 2004

Agricultural advances in the past 3 decades have made remarkable progress in providing affordable cereals to most...

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The truth about jasmine rice

The truth about jasmine rice

October 25, 2003

A simmering controversy boiled over a couple years ago when newspaper articles accused American plant breeders of...

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Multiple strategies assure impact

Multiple strategies assure impact

October 16, 2003

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) believes that meeting three fundamental needs of developing nations...

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The monoculture myth

The monoculture myth

October 15, 2003

Almost everyone acknowledges that the Green Revolution has substantially increased the yield and supply of cereals in...

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Looking up in Laos

Looking up in Laos

April 24, 2003

Phath Kantannam and her husband, Mai Khong, started their garden a little more than two years ago....

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Organized free for all

Organized free for all

April 24, 2003

It was one of those magic moments when Rajat M. Nag wished he had a camera. Bubbling...

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Fight poverty where it lives

Fight poverty where it lives

April 14, 2003

The most recent World Food Summit, in 1996, set the target of halving by 2015 the number...

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Biotech won’t soon replace “conventional” breeding

Biotech won’t soon replace “conventional” breeding

April 14, 2003

A defining moment in the history of biology was the elucidation of the laws of genetics by...

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Sowing peace in South Asia

Sowing peace in South Asia

September 24, 2002

Rice and wheat are traditionally planted in rotation in eastern Afghanistan, as they are on much of...

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Spreading the word

Spreading the word

September 24, 2002

India is a world away from Indiana, and none would mistake Sister Sajita Isaac for Johnny Appleseed....

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