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From adversity to achievement: Supriya Das pioneers mechanized seeding and women’s empowerment in Odisha

From adversity to achievement: Supriya Das pioneers mechanized seeding and women’s empowerment in Odisha

February 20, 2025

by Bidhan Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, and Virender Kumar Mrs. Supriya Das, a 49-year-old woman farmer from Bada...

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Small machine, big impact: Power tiller-operated seeder and local service providers increase farmers’ efficiency, profitability, and food security

Small machine, big impact: Power tiller-operated seeder and local service providers increase farmers’ efficiency, profitability, and food security

October 26, 2024

by Muhammad Ashraful Habib*, Swati Nayak*, Nuruzzaman*, Saidul Islam* and Amaresh Chandel** While direct-seeded rice (DSR) cultivation’s...

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Progressive woman farmer leads the way in promoting DSR-based cropping system in Odisha

Progressive woman farmer leads the way in promoting DSR-based cropping system in Odisha

April 8, 2024

by Sugandha Munshi, Wasim Iftikar, Ashok Kumar, and Virender Kumar The case of Mrs. Bishnupriya Biswal reflects...

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Innovative crop management strategies transform the fallowed field —and the life —of a woman farmer

Innovative crop management strategies transform the fallowed field —and the life —of a woman farmer

January 22, 2024

by Mosharaf Hossain, Girija Prasad Swain, Subhasmita Mahapatra, and Swati Nayak Binodini Swain’s story serves as an...

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Training private seed-sector stakeholders in Bangladesh to navigate the complex, shifting agricultural challenges 

Training private seed-sector stakeholders in Bangladesh to navigate the complex, shifting agricultural challenges 

November 28, 2023

by Muhammad Ashraful Habib and Swati Nayak Scientists, researchers, and producers from private seed companies were trained...

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Former IRRI Director General M.S. Swaminathan passes away

Former IRRI Director General M.S. Swaminathan passes away

September 29, 2023

Eminent agricultural scientist, geneticist, and administrator Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (at left in first photo), 98, passed away...

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The benefits of climate-resilient organic methods: A farmer’s success story

The benefits of climate-resilient organic methods: A farmer’s success story

May 22, 2023 3

by Ajay Kumar Mishra, Piyush Kumar Maurya, Pidikiti Pavithra, and Sheetal Sharma Harishankar, a farmer from Varanasi...

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Malho Marndi: A changemaker and a rising hope for mechanized direct-seeded rice in Odisha

Malho Marndi: A changemaker and a rising hope for mechanized direct-seeded rice in Odisha

April 5, 2023

by Sugandha Munshi, Wasim Iftikar, Virender Kumar, and Ashok Kumar Malho Marndi proudly recounts her journey as...

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The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021

The Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021

January 30, 2023

by Kei Kajisa, Piedad Moya, and Fe Gascon The Central Luzon Loop Survey in the Philippines (the...

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How improved cultivation and groundnut variety helped a farmer build his future from the ground up  

How improved cultivation and groundnut variety helped a farmer build his future from the ground up  

January 9, 2023

by Bidhan K. Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, Iftikar Wasim and N.C Banik Shri Ganesh Kandi has not cultivated...

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