Traditional rice varieties encompass a huge range of potentially valuable genes. These can be used to develop...
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The long and tortuous route traveled by many of the more than 400 improved rice varieties developed...
Uganda—widely known as “the pearl of Africa” for its exquisite natural beauty, diverse flora and fauna, and...
“The best adaptation to climate change is a breeding and seed system that rapidly develops, deploys, and...
A car can usually travel down the narrow concrete road in Nagwa Village of Maharanjganj District in...
Rice is important to the people and the economy of Nepal, where agriculture employs around 80% of...
Swarna-Sub1 is the flood-tolerant version of the popular mega-variety Swarna (MTU 7029) in eastern India. It was...
The 3rd Africa Rice Congress, held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in October 2013, emphasized the need to invest...
Soe Moe Kyaw’s family was fishing in a different village when Cyclone Nargis devastated their township in...
Under the “Mansholt Plan” for rice in Asia, governments are urged to expand farm size, promote mechanization, and improve...
