Pest surveillance system for food security: A case study in the Philippines Pest surveillance system for food security: A case study in the Philippines May 28, 2021 Ensuring food security amidst the increasing population requires a pest surveillance system for staple food. Regularly collected...Read More
Small mammal communities, associated damage to rice, and damage prevention in smallholder rice storage facilities in Sri Lanka Small mammal communities, associated damage to rice, and damage prevention in smallholder rice storage facilities in Sri Lanka May 14, 2021 In the first such study in Sri Lanka, we identified the main rodent and shrew species and...Read More
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Alien invasion! Alien invasion! August 7, 2019 The rice eel, an invasive alien species, has become a slippery problem for many farmers in Northern...Read More
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Flying heroes of Ecuador’s rice fields Flying heroes of Ecuador’s rice fields July 1, 2014 Apple snails (Pomacea spp.) have been a problem for Asian rice farmers for decades. First introduced in...Read More
Bitter harvest from a noble cause Bitter harvest from a noble cause April 10, 2014 Norm Borlaug (at center in photo above) had no illusions that the Green Revolution was anything other than...Read More
Reducing pesticide use in Asia’s rice fields: the job is far from finished Reducing pesticide use in Asia’s rice fields: the job is far from finished January 1, 2014 For more than 25 years, Kong Luen “K.L.” Heong worked at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)...Read More
Vietnam turns back a tsunami of pesticides Vietnam turns back a tsunami of pesticides January 1, 2014 For years, the entomologists at Vietnam’s Southern Regional Plant Protection Center in Long Dinh had tried to...Read More