Features

 
 
  • Drought-proof rice for African farmers
    IRRI's Rice Today, April-June 2009 Vol. 9 No. 2
    Can farmers continue to grow rice if the water supply becomes increasingly scarce?
     
  • Making science work
    IRRI's Rice Today, January-March 2009 Vol. 8 No. 1
    A communication campaign designed to link rice production with relevant science promises to help African farmers and processors boost their productivity
     
  • Moving up in Ethiopia
    IRRI's Rice Today, October-December 2008 Vol. 7 No. 4
    If successful, initiatives to boost rice production in Ethiopia can help the country achieve food security
     
  • Unleashing Africa’s rice potential
    IRRI's Rice Today, October-December 2008 Vol. 7 No. 4
    Most people would agree that the world’s biggest fans of rice are Asians. But wait until you hear what Africans have to say about rice
     
  • Opportunity from crisis
    IRRI's Rice Today, July-September 2008 Vol. 7 No. 3
    From the chaos of the recent rice crisis comes opportunity for African countries intent on boosting production of the continent’s fastest growing staple.
     
  • The rice AIDS of Africa
    IRRI's Rice Today, April-June 2008, Vol.7, No. 2
    Poor farmers in Africa call it the “rice AIDS” because of its potential for devastation. But a strategy blending cutting-edge biotechnology with regional knowledge may yet stifle the impact of rice yellow mottle virus.
     
  • African rice research expands
    IRRI's Rice Today, January-March 2008, Vol.7, No. 1
    Four new countries have become members of the Africa Rice Center, signaling increased investment in rice research and the growing importance of rice in Africa.
     
  • Three heads are better than one
    IRRI's Rice Today, October-December 2007, Vol.6, No. 4
    In the face of steeply rising rice prices, three of the world’s leading international agricultural research institutes plan to combine their activities in Africa and so create a powerful new force focused on boosting African rice production.
     
  • Forging a rice partnership for Africa
    IRRI's Rice Today, July-September 2007, Vol.6, No. 3
    When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion!”—so goes a well-known Ethiopian saying. This could be an apt description for the new partnership being forged among international research centers to address sub-Saharan Africa’s enormous rice challenge.
  • The rice man of Africa
    IRRI's Rice Today, April-June 2007, Vol.6, No. 2
    Growing up in Sierra Leone, rice researcher Monty Jones was encouraged to become a priest. It’s lucky for Africa he didn’t.
  • In search of new seeds
    IRRI's Rice Today, January-March 2007, Vol.6, No. 1
    The improved New Rice for Africa varieties are helping not only African grain farmers but seed producers as well.
  • Putting rice on the African agenda
    IRRI's Rice Today, October-December 2006, Vol.5, No. 4
     The recent Africa Rice Congress in Tanzania helped chart the course for the future of the rice industry in sub-Saharan Africa
     

 

 

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