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Vietnam’s pilot low-emission rice farming shows promise: Increased yields, profits, and sustainability

A pilot farm in Vietnam has demonstrated success in high-quality, low-emission rice farming. Compared to traditional methods, it achieves higher yields and profits and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.The One Million Hectares Program emphasizes strong collaboration between input suppliers, rice purchasers, and farmers. It utilizes innovative techniques for sustainable practices that boost yields, profits, and broader […]

MO Bootheel rice farmers allowed to use a special insecticide on armyworms

The Missouri Ag Department says 11 counties in the Missouri Bootheel are allowed to apply Intrepid 2F Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in rice. A crisis exemption went into effect late last week and University of Missouri Extension’s Justin Chlapecka says the insecticide isn’t typically used on rice. “There’s data using this product on armyworms for […]

$0.343/kilo rice still possible – Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Reducing the price of rice to P20 per kilo was one of the campaign promises Marcos made during the 2022 presidential race FILE PHOTO: A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 9, 2018. Picture taken August […]

Agriculture Ministry develops climate change-adaptive rice varieties

Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman stands at the edge of rice fields in Merauke District, South Papua, Wednesday (24/7/2024). ANTARA/HO-Humas Kementan Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Agriculture has developed a superior Cakrabuana Agritan rice variety in Merauke District, South Papua, to make the area a food basket for eastern Indonesia. “This variety is […]

India plans to ease rice export curbs to retain market share against Pakistan

Pakistan rice exports, both Basmati and coarse varieties, during July 2020 to May 2021 (11MFY21) are 14 per cent less than that of the previous year. — Reuters/File India is likely to cut the floor price for basmati rice exports and replace the 20 per cent export tax on parboiled rice with a fixed duty […]

Climate-resistant seeds likely to cover 25% kharif paddy area in 2024

ICAR working on releasing 100 seed varieties and 100 technologies in 100 days The government is targeting to cover almost 25 per cent of this year’s kharif paddy area with climate-resistant seeds. This comes as it looks to build on the success of such seeds in the bumper wheat harvest this year, a senior government […]

India Extends Inspection Certificates For Rice Exports With Europe

The central government has extended the exemption of a particular kind of inspection certificate that was needed for rice exports, both basmati and non-basmati, to certain European nations by another six months. The central government has extended the exemption of a particular kind of inspection certificate that was needed for rice exports, both basmati and […]

Quality varieties spur Vietnamese rice industry’s growth: experts

The success of the rice sector is the fruit of a concerted effort spanning research, production and trade, with high-quality seeds delivered to farmers’ hands, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has assessed. At the Tien Thuan cooperative’s rice field in Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho city, a combine harvesters collect […]

Researchers Pinpoint Ideal Conditions To Store Rice

When exposed to poor storage conditions such as high temperatures and humidity, rice can become contaminated with fungi. While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a […]