By: FWI Staff Writer An Archimedes' Screw, or the Archimedean screw, is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. It is one of several inventions and discoveries reputed to have been made by...

[editor's note, by Chris Vernon]This is a guest post by Louise and Nick Rouse.

More income for the world’s millions of poor rice farmers and consumers is the first goal of a major new revamp to the agenda of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) – the largest and most successful international agricultural rese...