Features

 
 
  • Adapting to change  
    IRRI's Rice Today, Jan-Mar 2010 Vol. 9 No. 1
    Africa develops climate change-resilient rice technologies
     
  • Weathering the cold 
    IRRI's Rice Today, Jan-Mar 2010 Vol. 9 No. 1
    Africa develops rice that can thrive in the region’s cooler zones
     
  • Never an empty bowl 
    IRRI's Rice Today, Oct-Dec 2009 Vol. 8 No. 4
    African countries come together to work toward self-sufficiency
     
  • Uganda's rice revolution 
    IRRI's Rice Today, July-Sep 2009 Vol. 8 No. 3
    Sub-Saharan Africa’s “new kid on the block” positions itself as the rice granary of the region by adopting the right policies and appropriate technologies, strengthening capacity building, and engaging both the public and private sector
     
  • Drought-proof rice for African farmers
    IRRI's Rice Today, April-June 2009 Vol. 8 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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