Asia

Mechanized seeding provides farmers with groundbreaking improvements in productivity, profits, and livelihoods

Mechanized seeding provides farmers with groundbreaking improvements in productivity, profits, and livelihoods

July 18, 2023

by Bidhan K. Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, Iftikar Wasim and N.C. Banik Bikram Palatasingh. a smallholder farmer in...

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Rice variety preferences in Bangladesh: What is the role of public breeders?

Rice variety preferences in Bangladesh: What is the role of public breeders?

May 15, 2023

by Amlan Biswas, Md. Safiul Islam Afrad, Muhammad Ziaul Hoque, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Muhammad Ashraful Habib,...

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Diversifying rice-based cropping systems under natural farming in Uttar Pradesh with peppermint

Diversifying rice-based cropping systems under natural farming in Uttar Pradesh with peppermint

March 16, 2023

by Ajay Kumar Mishra, Pidikiti Pavithra, Khistikanta Rout, and Sheetal Sharma Farmers in the Barabanki Region of...

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Rice demand and production projections for 2050: Opportunities for achieving self-sufficiency in Nepal

Rice demand and production projections for 2050: Opportunities for achieving self-sufficiency in Nepal

March 6, 2023

by Krishna Prasad Timsina, Devendra Gauchan, Samaya Gairhe, Sushil Raj Subedi, Bhanu Bhakta Pokhrel, Santosh Upadhyay, Krishna...

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Adoption and performance of direct-seeded rice technology in the Philippines

Adoption and performance of direct-seeded rice technology in the Philippines

February 20, 2023

by Aerone Philippe Bautista, Alice Mataia, Chona Austria, Marites Tiongco and Alice Laborte Rice is one of...

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Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The pivotal role of seed systems in rice-based landscapes

Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The pivotal role of seed systems in rice-based landscapes

February 14, 2023

by Reiner Wassmann, Julian Gonsalves, Peter Sprang, Bui Tan Yen, Jerome Villanueva, Phalida Nelakhom, and Bernard Okumu...

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Women-led community seed production and marketing enterprise sows change in Northern Bangladesh

Women-led community seed production and marketing enterprise sows change in Northern Bangladesh

January 11, 2023

by Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Swati Nayak, Prof Md. Safiul Islam Afrad , Subhasmita Mohapatra, and Saidul Islam...

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Yield advantage and economic performance of rice–maize, rice–soybean, and maize–soybean intercropping in rainfed areas of Western Indonesia with a wet climate

Yield advantage and economic performance of rice–maize, rice–soybean, and maize–soybean intercropping in rainfed areas of Western Indonesia with a wet climate

November 7, 2022

by Erythrina Erythrina, Susilawati Susilawati, Slameto Slameto, Made Delly Resiani, Forita Dyah Arianti, Jumakir Jumakir, Anis Fahri,...

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Adoption trend of climate-resilient rice varieties in Bangladesh

Adoption trend of climate-resilient rice varieties in Bangladesh

October 24, 2022

The adoption of stress-tolerant versions of popular rice cultivars can enable farming communities to mitigate the current...

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Impact of cropping system diversification on productivity and resource-use efficiencies of smallholder farmers in south-central Bangladesh

Impact of cropping system diversification on productivity and resource-use efficiencies of smallholder farmers in south-central Bangladesh

September 23, 2022

The government of Bangladesh has supported land-use intensification, with an initial focus on rice which now covers...

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