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RiceResearch

  1. Congratulations to IRRI's 2010 Annual Report team for bagging the Outstanding Professional Skill Award youtu.be/_UFd0Kqr0Po via @youtube
  2. #Japan Assists Sub Saharan Africa To Develop New #Rice Varieties spyghana.com/ghana-general-…
  3. #Rice production will fall due to climate change-climate change watchers. #Ghana ow.ly/bkGQr
  4. #Rice farming in Indramayu has become a gamble with the rains. #Indonesia ow.ly/bkGKQ
  5. #Rice production to reach 33.83 million tonnes,thanks to favourable weather.#Bangladesh ow.ly/bkGEY
  6. A bumper crop but a bitter harvest - The National thenational.ae/news/world/sou… via @sharethis
  7. #Thailand's #Rice Policy Gets Sticky - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace carnegieendowment.org/2012/05/30/tha… via @CarnegieEndow
  8. #Rice production and the wage of agricultural workers in #Bangladesh timesofassam.com/?p=2605
  9. New #rice varieties for use by smallholder farmers in #Africa ow.ly/bhIoV
  10. Seed council releases new #rice varieties #Philippines pia.gov.ph/news/index.php… via @sharethis
  11. Check out this article - originally from IRRI's Lizbeth Barona writing for Rice Today! ow.ly/bhHHM
  12. Syngenta launches Rice Bowl Index to highlight solutions for food security in Asia-Pacific syngenta.com/global/corpora…
  13. #Vietnam is forecast to export 6.25 million tonnes of #rice this year ow.ly/bg4ZU
  14. Rising levels of CO2 e facilitate the flow of genes from wild/ weedy rice plants to domesticated rice varieties. ow.ly/bg4WO
  15. #Nigeria rice farmers shift to commercial #rice farming ow.ly/bg4V1
  16. Food security at risk as students shun agriculture #Thailand bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…
  17. IRRI, NFA to pilot-test rice-hull furnace in North Cotabato city #Philippines ow.ly/beqGC
  18. Weather-based insurance for #rice farmers #Philippines ow.ly/beqBA
  19. As world population increases, how will agriculture have to change? ow.ly/beqwv
  20. Biryani #rice gaining popularity in #Malaysia ow.ly/beqrB