Rice Production Articles & Analysis
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“We define regenerative agriculture as increasing food production, farm incomes and resilience in a changing climate while renewing nature. ...
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“The food and drink sector is based within communities right across the UK’s nations and regions, and these awards really demonstrate how our great companies continue to bring great fantastic products to consumers in challenging times. Congratulations to all the winners, I’m already looking forward to next years ...
We’re been busy here at Ag Leader bringing you updates and new features to our products for the fall season ahead. We have new InCommand display firmware, new SMS Software and AgFiniti versions to share. SMS Software Version 20.5 and AgFiniti Version 20.5 Marks 20 Years of SMS Did you know the first version of SMS was released in the summer of 2000? SMS has been the trusted data platform ...
(components, semi-finished and finished products All this can be crammed into a modest-sized truck, with “as desired” destination. Currently Be.T.A. it is located in Lomellina, a charming (there is little to laugh about) location particularly oriented to the production of rice. Many canals and a lot of water are synonymous with ...
It was this Wageningen team that made the genetic maps on which the gene which regulates the production of saponin (bitter substance) was found. South American origins Ancient civilisations in the Andes already used quinoa as an important food crop. ...
However, in Asia, which accounts for 90% of rice production, only a quarter of the crop is currently produced by direct seeding. ...
But import orders must be modified on the fly when extreme weather events exact a heavier toll on production than expected. In the aftermath of Haiyan, the Philippine government approved the import of an extra 355,000 metric tons of rice based on initial rough estimates of rice production damage and subsequent, more accurate ...
Introduction of 15T/D Integrated Rice Milling Equipment This 15T/D full automatic rice mill production line can process paddy into national standard rice just in one process. It is one of the newly designed products in the series complete set of rice processing equipment. It can produce ...
“PRISM uses remote sensing, crop modeling, cloud computing, and smart phone-based surveys for rice mapping and monitoring,” said Alice Laborte, who leads the PRISM project at theInternational Rice Research Institute (IRRI). ...
“sarmap and IRRI have developed tools that bring more transparency and accurate information to those who manage rice production, which is certainly important in general, and absolutely crucial for meaningful and targeted disaster response,” said Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). ...
Adoption of technologies key to increase yields and efficiency in rice production Rice is a key crop and a staple in most diets in ASEAN, with ASEAN countries accounting for 25 percent of global rice production, and 22 percent of global rice consumption. Thailand and Vietnam are the key ...
These results in NERICA rice, combined with our results in other types of rice, demonstrate the major yield increase opportunity from our NUE trait in all major types of rice.” “Yield increases of this magnitude have the potential to significantly change the economics of rice production, benefitting ...
Investment Game Application (IGA), a new tablet app, helps farmers in South and Southeast Asia participate in an “investment market” for public rice breeding. By playing IGA, farmers reveal their preferences for the rice breeding products they most urgently need in order to improve their livelihoods. ...
The 3CT technology could help China increase rice production in the face of multiple challenges. Since the 1990s, China has experienced low and unstable yields, excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, environment pollution, and low profits, according to Dr. ...
Rice: Post-Production to Market Course was attended by participants from Australia, India, Lao PDR, Philippines, and Taiwan. ...
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners released at least twenty-eight new rice varieties to governments of eight countries in Asia and Africa in 2014. These newly-released varieties possess high-yielding and stress-tolerance traits that can help farmers overcome challenges, such as the negative effects of climate change, in their rice growing ecosystems. Some of the ...
The Training Center Unit of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) conducted its first laser leveling course at IRRI Headquarters on 2 -5 February. ...
Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, in cooperation with state agencies, rice growers and industry, announced an agreement to create federally enforceable restrictions of the pesticide thiobencarb, an herbicide used on rice crops, to protect threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead trout in ...
“Working hand-in-hand with our partners we have met the critical environmental and economic goals of protecting threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead trout while maintaining rice production in California,” said Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. ...
STRASA (Stress Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India held a two-day review and planning workshop on major rice pests and diseases in Southeast Asia at Punjab Agricultural University on 15-16 September. ...