Forty years ago, a remarkable rice-breeding project culminated in the release of a rice variety under an...
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October 1, 2006
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The Rural Development Administration (RDA), which celebrated its 100th anniversary recently (see page 5), is the central...
October 1, 2006
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Perspectives on IR8:The rice that changed the world Life, death, and rice at a time of war...
September 1, 2006
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Rice trade liberalization:examining a tricky issue Can high food production and biodiversity coexist? The future of rice...
July 13, 2006
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At least 840 million people worldwide do not have enough food to meet their daily energy needs....
July 13, 2006
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As part of the “Top Rice Project” of the Republic of Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA), 25...
July 12, 2006
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The simple answer to the question posed by the title is “no”— because most rice is not...
July 12, 2006
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The smattering of provocative headlines, appearing in recent issues of various Philippine daily newspapers, mirrors a basic...
July 12, 2006
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For this issue’s article on bird diversity and wetland conversion (see Balanced on a wing on pages...
July 12, 2006
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Rice and agriculture are still fundamental to the economic development of most Asian nations, not to mention...
