Going Green

Saturday, August 9, 2008

IRRI Looks at Rice Crisis

The IRRI has released their July-Sept. issue. The news release linked below contains links to the various articles in the issue. It is a very thoughtful look at the current world rice situation and some proposed solutions.

Rice Today Vol. 7 No. 3, July–September 2008

S
olving the rice crisis: What needs to be done?

The latest from Rice Today, the magazine of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Los BaƱos, Philippines – In April and May this year, agriculture in general and rice in particular dominated world headlines in a way not seen for decades. As rice prices skyrocketed to 35-year highs, civil unrest broke out in several countries around the globe. The latest issue of Rice Today offers a rice crisis roundup, including...(complete news release
here).

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