Africa – A SMART choice for Africa’s inland-valley rice farmers
The main challenge is how inland valleys can be efficiently and sustainably used to boost Africa’s rice production. The key is improved water control.
AGRONOMY AND Water Harvesting
Indonesia – Rice farmers in Indonesia dodge El Nino
The nation’s harvest area and rice productivity per hectare increased by 2.31 percent and 3.97 percent respectively last year.
Philippines – Scientists to gather at international conferences in the Philippines to discuss diseases that threaten rice production
Scientists from around the world will share the latest advances in controlling two devastating rice diseases during back-to-back international conferences in Manila, Pilippines.
Fiji – Rewa Rice Ltd Embrace New Technology To Boost Production
The new electronic dryer is five times faster than the old kerosene dryer.
Turning rice farming waste to useful silica compounds
The hull is the outermost layer of the rice grain. It’s removed when rice is processed. Hundreds of millions of tons of the hulls are produced around the world every year. Many are burned to produce electricity, and the ash that’s left over contains high levels of silica. Some of this ash is used in construction or as insulation, but much of it is dumped in landfills.
Philippines – Mechanization, credit promise upside for rice
PHILIPPINE rice production can improve in several areas including irrigation, credit, insurance and labor costs, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said.
USA – Rice farmers see better-than-usual second crop
South Louisiana rice farmers wrapped up their rice-growing season with an excellent second crop harvest.
India – Action plan in the works to promote nutritious black rice grown in the northeast
White rice may rule the domestic and international markets with the famous ‘Basmati’ variety having pride of place, but in the near future it is black rice from the northeast that may win hearts of consumers due to its nutritional value and health benefits.
Cameroon – Commercial rice farming cushions Cameroon women from climate stress
A programme run by the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA), a government agro-industry body, aims to help rice farmers adopt better crop varieties, use water more efficiently and adapt to climate change.
Pakistan – Water-short Pakistani farmers test less thirsty way to grow rice
Erratic monsoon rains have made it increasingly hard for rice farmer Sardar Muhammad to bring in a good harvest.