Vietnam – TGAC trains the next generation of rice breeders in Vietnam
The TGAC team aim to identify 600 rice varieties to accelerate crop breeding.
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The TGAC team aim to identify 600 rice varieties to accelerate crop breeding.
Salt-resistant rice can provide a buffer for some of the most vulnerable people who might otherwise be ruined.
Rice breeders are trying to develop higher yielding and more sustainable crops called ‘Next Generation Super Crops’ or ‘Green Super Rice.’
The research is part of a collaboration between Mr Barfield and Sunrice.
espite a looming agrarian crisis, farmers in Wayanad have become the guardians of critical agro-biodiversity by nurturing traditional rice varieties which are fast becoming extinct.
Scientists have made major strides towards creating new breeds of rice that could be more sustainable, as well as more resilient to environmental stresses.
Increasing effects of extreme climate change have stymied growth in the farm sector that has significantly affected the earnings of paddy farmers, leading experts to stress the need to increase their access to climate stress-tolerant rice varieties.
The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) approved 11 new high-yielding rice varieties including seven hybrid and four open-pollinated seed for cultivation in various ecologies.
India currently has 44 million hectare (ha) area in rice cultivation, and there was no increase in the area since the last 15 years.
he new varieties can yield up to eight (8) metric tonnes per hectare (mt/h) as against the current average production rate in the country hovering around 2.5 (mt/h).