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By Glenn Concepcion The world’s “cereal bowl”, or the production of rice, wheat, and maize, is under the dual challenges of a surging human population and a rapidly warming climate. As

By Bushra Humaira  In Bangladesh, women are facing a growing yet largely invisible crisis: environmental time poverty. This is the persistent lack of discretionary

By Glenn Concepcion As the global population marches toward an estimated 10 billion by 2050, the EAT-Lancet Commission has

By Glenn Concepcion  As the climate crisis intensifies, the communities least responsible for global emissions are often the

By Glenn Concepcion In a recent analysis published in Nature, a team of international researchers warns that a global retreat from agricultural science is

By Hom Gartaula, Alice Laborte, and Jon Hellin International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines  This is a continuation of the two-part

By Hom Gartaula, Alice Laborte, and Jon Hellin International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines  Filipino farmers stand at the frontline of

By Christian Dohrmann  Climate-smart rice starts with good intentions, but the methods have to survive real fields, real weather, and real mud.

By Debabrata Nath and Sudhanshu Singh (IRRI South Asia Regional Center, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Biodegradable film mulching is a promising, affordable solution for

By Sharif Ahmed, Abdullah Miajy, and Humnath Bhandari  Mechanical rice transplanting in Bangladesh offers significant potential to increase productivity and address labor