Australia – Grass enzymes could raise rice, wheat output
Rubisco enzyme would enhance the growth and yield of crops like rice
Guyana – Rice production will increase in 2017
Various technologies has been employed by the government to pursue diversification in rice varieties
New Guinea – New rice for ‘Roots’ families
Trukai Industries has developed a new high quality, high affordability rice product
India – A more muscular rice variety takes on wheat
This rice with high protein is now available for commercial cultivation.
NIRS™ DS2500 Expands Capabilities at FLAR’s Rice Quality Lab
With the arrival of the NIRS ™ DS2500, we take a new leap in rice quality analyzes.
India – Rice farming in India much older than thought, used as ‘summer crop’ by Indus civilisation
Domestic rice farming in South Asia began far earlier than previously believed.
India – The rice that changed the world
The IR8 rice variety allowed self-sufficiency to India
Nigeria – Farmers to make rice affordable by 2017
Goronyo gave the assurance that rice production rate would be doubled in 2017 above the seven million tonnes produced this year.
IR8: The rice variety that ignited the “Green Revolution”
Next 28 November marks 50 years since the release of the variety that allowed for a leap in rice production in Asia and set a milestone for what would be the beginning of the Green Revolution around the world: variety IR8. In 1960 the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), led by Robert Chandler…
Philippines – IR8: The miracle rice which saved millions of lives
IR8 was different. It married a tall high-yielding strain from Indonesia (PETA) with a sturdy dwarf variety from China (DGWG) with astounding results.