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August 12, 2015
Once a rice exporter, Côte d’Ivoire has spent in recent years nearly USD 500 million annually on...
August 12, 2015
Senegal’s dependence on imported rice is not only about preference toward a more convenient food. It is...
August 1, 2015
The extent of rainfall disruption in El Niño watch countries—India, Indonesia, and the Philippines—could affect the rice...
April 1, 2015
India has come a long way in the past 5 decades from a country with a severe...
April 1, 2015
April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot in The Waste Land. It was as if he...
April 1, 2015
Rice farmers in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal will have faster access to newly developed high-yielding climate-smart varieties....
January 1, 2015
Historically, a small amount of rice is traded globally compared with other crops such as wheat, corn...
January 1, 2015
What is the true price of rice? Do we have enough rice to feed the growing population?...
October 15, 2014
In Asia, women are an indispensable part of rice farming. Their roles are somewhat dictated by farming...