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From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: how rice functional genomics is leading a new revolution

From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: how rice functional genomics is leading a new revolution

September 14, 2018

The Green Super Rice project has made great progress in the past ten years using advances in...

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The role of the private sector in improving the lives of rice farmers and consumers

The role of the private sector in improving the lives of rice farmers and consumers

August 31, 2018

  It is vital for the public, private, and philanthropic sectors to coordinate their efforts to bring...

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Temasek: a high-tech rice variety from Singapore

Temasek: a high-tech rice variety from Singapore

August 30, 2018 4

It may come as a surprise that the highly urbanized city-state is the birthplace of a sturdy...

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The International Rice Congress 2018

The International Rice Congress 2018

August 23, 2018 4

The IRC provides a platform to discuss results of scientific endeavors and to set new targets for...

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IRRI Pioneer Interviews: Making a difference (Part 2)

IRRI Pioneer Interviews: Making a difference (Part 2)

August 18, 2018

Noel Magor, Nollie Vera Cruz, Roland Buresh, and J.K. Ladha boxed their papers and passed the baton...

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An app to help African rice farmers beat weeds

An app to help African rice farmers beat weeds

August 13, 2018

AfricaRice recently launched a powerful decision-support tool, called RiceAdvice-WeedManager, to help African rice farmers find the most...

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Connecting the dots: the role of social science research in agricultural R&D systems

Connecting the dots: the role of social science research in agricultural R&D systems

July 9, 2018

Are we doing enough to ensure social science research contributes to advancing agricultural R&D systems?

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Climate change impacts on rice in Africa

Climate change impacts on rice in Africa

July 3, 2018

Irrigated rice production in East Africa is projected to increase slightly due to CO2 fertilization and less...

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From Warige to WeRise: better water management is coming to rainfed rice areas of Indonesia

From Warige to WeRise: better water management is coming to rainfed rice areas of Indonesia

April 10, 2018

As climate patterns become more unpredictable, rice farmers are relying on a modern way of to forecast...

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Mending Asia’s broken rice bowls

Mending Asia’s broken rice bowls

March 19, 2018

A decade of research demonstrates that “citizen science” has a major role to play in curbing ecosystem...

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