Food security under attack: Africa’s struggle against parasitic weeds Food security under attack: Africa’s struggle against parasitic weeds March 10, 2017 Parasitic weeds invade around 1.34 million hectares of rainfed rice areas in Africa causing damages estimated at...Read More
Piloting the Vietnamese “Small Farmers, Large Field” scheme in eastern India Piloting the Vietnamese “Small Farmers, Large Field” scheme in eastern India February 23, 2017 Smallholder rice farmers are finding strength in numbers through a scheme that helps them lower their production...Read More
A first look at Asia using Sentinel-1A satellite imagery A first look at Asia using Sentinel-1A satellite imagery July 30, 2015 Sentinel-1A, a radar imaging satellite, is an important tool for rice mapping and monitoring. It can provide...Read More
Mapping the crop of the future Mapping the crop of the future October 1, 2013 C4 plants such as maize and sorghum have more efficient photosynthesis than C3 plants. The photosynthesis in...Read More
Sensing cash through satellite data Sensing cash through satellite data April 12, 2012 Named after the twin river systems, the Indus and the Ganges, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) is South...Read More
Rice cropping patterns in Bangladesh Rice cropping patterns in Bangladesh January 9, 2012 Rice is the major staple food crop in Bangladesh. The harvested area covers 11.5 million hectares (because...Read More
Who eats the most rice? Who eats the most rice? October 4, 2011 On average, each person in the world consumes more than 50 kilograms of rice a year (see...Read More
Rice yield trends in Asia over the past 50 years Rice yield trends in Asia over the past 50 years January 7, 2011 For the past 50 years, rice yield in Asia has generally increased from year to year. However,...Read More
The value of rice The value of rice October 21, 2010 Andrew Nelson and his team show us a glimpse of the world painted according to numbers, figures,...Read More
Mapping rice areas in South Asia Mapping rice areas in South Asia July 1, 2010 Almost 40% of the world’s harvested rice area is in South Asia―home to 1.1 billion people (74%...Read More