Vietnam – Experts: Third rice crop may lead drought and salinity to worsen
The Department of Cultivation’s plan to expand the acreage of the 2016 autumn-winter rice crop, or the third rice crop.
USA – Rice production takes root in Maine
The third successful rice-growing season is close and the Wild Folk Farm is focus on educational, research and experimental commercial rice operation.
Philippines – Village level rice mill can be profitable
The compact rice mill, LH 5001 model from Korea, can perform the functions of bigger mills that are found in rice processing complexes.
Thailand – Parched fields force Thailand to look beyond rice
The main goal right now is to encourage millions of rice farmers to diversify their crops.
India – Aromatic Pusa basmati rice brings new hope
High yield of 1,600 quintals last year has encouraged farmers to cultivate this new variety.
Rainwater harvesting, a succesful case rewarded by FONTAGRO
The Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO, its Spanish acronym) announced on 14 March that the case “Transforming Rain-fed to Irrigation Agriculture through Rainwater Harvesting in Nicaragua and Mexico,” submitted by the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), was among the winners of the contest for innovative cases of family…
USA – Rice growers need help with earning carbon credits to sell
Specific approved methods of rice production that pertain to dry seeding, drainage practices and handling of rice straw have been established for participating in the carbon credit market, as it is normally referred to.
USA – Rice Growers Cutting Methane Emissions
New techniques help rice growers reduce their climate-warming emissions without hurting yields.