Running out of steam One cause of today’s high rice prices is slowing productivity growth—suggesting it is time to step up investment in international agricultural research By David Dawe, senior economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
The power of policy
Safer and more effective pesticide use by Philippine farmers provides a striking example of the impact of good policy, but good research must be a starting point.
By Nelissa Jamora, agricultural economist, and Debbie Templeton, impact assessment specialist
The true price of rice Rising rice prices will negate progress in poverty reduction.
By Sushil Pandey, IRRI program leader, Rice Policy and Impact
Where now for the global rice market? What do the coming years hold for the world’s most important grain?
By Mahabub Hossain, Executive director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
Of rice and rats
Rats and mice do untold damage to rice crops and stocks across the globe. Here, Rice Today presents the facts on the rodent scourge. By Grant Singleton, rodent expert and coordinator of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium
A balancing act
How do we produce enough food to feed a growing population in the face of declining growth in cereal yields? By Mahabub Hossain, Head, Social Sciences Division at IRRI
Considering gender
As men’s and women’s roles change, how should we address gender issues in rice-based agriculture by Thelma Paris, senior scientist (socioeconomist and gender specialist), Social Sciences Division, IRRI
Do rice prices affect malnutrition in the poor? Cheaper rice can help break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition by Debbie Templeton, Economic Impact Specialist, IRRI Social Sciences Division
Do lower rice prices help the poor? Lower rice prices aren't necessarily bad news for farmers by Mahabub Hossain, Head, Social Sciences Division at IRRI
Saving labor Boosting labor productivity on rice farms raises living standards, even for landless workers by David Dawe, Economist
Rice to the tiller Lower prices can put more rice in the bowls of the landless rural
poor — the forgotten, anonymous and voiceless underclass that
provides most of the labor to grow it by David Dawe, Economist
Rice imports come with the territory Exporters plant more than half of their crop area to rice —
importers less than half by David Dawe, Economist
Trading up A fresh look at the world's rice market for Asians who still equate
food security with self-sufficiency by David Dawe, Economist
The monoculture myth
The Green Revolution neither monopolized farmers' fields nor impoverished
nutrition by David Dawe, Economist
Essential food for the poor
Rice growers and consumer constitute the bulk of the world's population
that still lives in poverty by David Dawe, Economist
Food security as economic stimulus The benefits of the Green Revolution spread beyond the farm and
the dinner table by David Dawe, Economist
