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From farm to fork: Odisha University is skilling students to improve yield of diabetic-friendly rice

Students pursuing BSc (Hons) Agriculture, MBA (Agri Business Management) and MSc in Agriculture are engaged in handling production and marketing of the rice which can help agripreneurship units thrive Rajlakshmi Ghosh At a time when diabetes has become a lifestyle menace, a university in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has taken on the task of developing a specific […]

Việt Nam to establish national rice council for sustainable production, export

The council will be responsible for researching and proposing to the Government strategies, mechanisms and policies to create a transparent and effective legal environment for the rice market in Việt Nam Harvesting rice in Quảng Trị Province. Establishment of a national rice council is necessary to promote the sustainable goals of the rice production industry. […]

Rice farmers to benefit from free GIS, drone technology

Senior Extension Officer attached to the GRDB, Dahasrat Narine (right) speaking at the event -under US$165,000 project As part of its efforts to improve and increase rice production across the country, the government will soon make drone technology and Geographic Information System (GIS) services free of charge to farmers in all rice-growing regions, a Ministry […]

Rice harvest starts strong in Arkansas

Rice harvest is underway in Arkansas and extension specialist Jarrod Hardke says it’s earlier than normal. “There’s a lot more rice scattered around up and down the state, all the way up to the Missouri Bootheel, because of how early rice was planted. They can start this week.” Hardke with University of Arkansas System Division […]

How a new tech promises to kill weeds in rice and wheat fields, remove need for stubble-burning

A push for direct-seeded rice and zero-tillage wheat, using a new non-GM herbicide-tolerance technology, has the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of India’s two major cereal crops. A farmer in his direct-seeded rice field in Haryana’s Jind district. (Express Photo by Harish Damodaran) Cultivating rice using less water and not burning the leftover straw […]

Farmers begin rice transplanting after dike breaches sealed in C China

Villagers drive a rice transplanter planting rice seedlings in Liantuo Village of Xiangtan County, central China’s Hunan Province, Aug. 5, 2024. Dike breaches occurred between July 28 and 29 after Typhoon Gaemi triggered record-breaking floods on the Juanshui river. The dike breaches in Xiangtan County were repaired and farmers have begun planting rice seedlings after […]

FAO Launches Transformative Project For Sustainable, Regenerative Rice Production

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations organized an inception workshop for the formulation of “Sustainable and Regenerative Management of Rice Production in Pakistan” at a local hotel here on Monday KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 5th Aug, 2024) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United […]

Farmers innovate to save Iraq’s rice production   

Salam Faraj with Hayder Indhar in Diwaniyah After seeing his once-lush rice field shrink in recent years due to relentless drought, Iraqi farmer Muntazer al-Joufi fought back using tougher seeds and water-saving irrigation techniques. “It’s the first time we’re using modern techniques that consume less water” to cultivate rice, Joufi, 40, said as he surveyed […]

Low-emission rice farming brings higher profits, cash bonuses

Completing harvesting recently, many farmers in Can Tho City have been offered cash bonuses for growing low-emission rice in accordance with the ‘one must, five reductions’ cultivation package. Can Tho farmers apply new farming method (Photo: NNVN) To promote ecological and sustainable rice production techniques, the Can Tho Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection […]