Colombia – U.N. honors CIAT project that “saved” rice crops in Colombia
The prizes will be awarded at the United Nations Climate Summit next Sept. 23 in New York City.
The seven samurai of Latin American rice improvement
They’re not the biggest rice producers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). But, like the seven samurai of the famous 1954 adventure fi lm, they’re certainly among the boldest, and they fight hard to improve the lot of rice-growing communities.