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Can less favorable areas obtain food security?

Can less favorable areas obtain food security?

April 24, 2009

Rice is life. So, when the global rice crisis hit in 2008, it threatened many lives. The...

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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...

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Can organic agriculture feed Asia?

Can organic agriculture feed Asia?

October 20, 2008

Rising fertilizer prices and misperceptions about environmental degradation in intensive agriculture have stimulated claims that so-called “low-input”...

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Troubling trade

Troubling trade

April 21, 2008

International rice trading is not a business for the faint-hearted. Thailand’s exporters knew that well. They also...

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The aerobic rice reality

The aerobic rice reality

July 16, 2007

Ask someone to think of a rice field and odds are they’ll imagine a flooded paddy. Growing...

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Drumming up success

Drumming up success

September 9, 2005

Almost 90% of the 11 million hectares of rice that are planted each season in Bangladesh is...

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Successful technology adoption needs support from both farmers and governments

Successful technology adoption needs support from both farmers and governments

September 8, 2005

Involving farmers and farming communities in decisions about new agricultural technologies or management practices and allowing them...

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Ups and downs: private-sector investment in rice research

Ups and downs: private-sector investment in rice research

April 3, 2005

Rice is, arguably, the world’s most important food crop. In spite of this prominence, the private sector...

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