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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
STORY: With just one yearly harvest, Ivorian rice farmer Francois Kasse Yao struggled to make ends meet. His fortunes changed when he planted a new weather-resistant rice variety, capable of producing larger yields. SOT: “I can truly say that rice nourishes us today.” In the village of Subiakro, just over 8 miles from the Ivorian […]
More than increasing India’s rice and wheat production, Paryan JV aims to reduce the water, labour and fuel consumption, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, in cultivating the two cereal crops. “Paryan is open to licensing our mutant Imazethapyr-tolerant trait in rice and wheat to other seed companies wanting to introduce it into their own […]
Ivorian rice farmer Francois Kasse Yao has struggled to make ends meet with only one harvest per year before he planted a new variety, resistant to unpredictable weather conditions capable of producing larger yields. The grain, introduced as a part of a programme designed to increase output of the regional staple food and cut dependence […]
Japan’s rice stockpile has reached its lowest level this century, with tourism and poor crop yields cited as the main causes. In June, private-sector rice inventories dropped to 1.56 million tons, a 20% decrease from the previous year and the lowest level since 1999, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This significant […]
This year in Lebap velayat, 10,200 hectares of land were allocated for rice cultivation, from which it is planned to obtain a total of 47,400 tons, or about 47 centners of harvest per hectare. To achieve this goal, rice farmers are currently tending to the seedlings according to agronomic standards. The high organizational level of […]
