Vitamins and minerals are being added to Asia’s main staple, rice, to help those suffering from chronic nutrient deficiencies in the region’s developing nations. The latest technologies are now set to boost production.
Going inside the rice microbiome.
In the past month, The Nature Conservancy of California implemented a new rescue program called BirdReturns where donors put up money to pay farmers to flood their rice fields early with well water, starting last week, and to leave them flooded into April next year, well past when they are usually drained.
Increased demand for alternative staples may enable the Philippines to become sufficient in rice sooner than expected, an Agriculture official said over the weekend.
June-September monsoon that brings about 70% of annual rains is vital as 55% of farmland doesn’t have irrigation facilities and is entirely rain-fed.
California is also one of the nation’s largest producers of rice, employing 25,000 people in the industry.
The prizes will be awarded at the United Nations Climate Summit next Sept. 23 in New York City.
Wild rice is a natural crop in northwestern Ontario and Manitoba.
Prices of rice have increased by around Tk 2 a kilogram in last one week in Dhaka city.
Scholarship prizes total $8,500.
