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Quality and quantity of data from varietal selections encourage the adoption of improved rice varieties in sub-Saharan Africa

Quality and quantity of data from varietal selections encourage the adoption of improved rice varieties in sub-Saharan Africa

February 19, 2024

by Veronica Mae Escarez While most breeding efforts are focused on producing improved rice varieties, farmers in...

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Mechanized seeding helps Odisha farmer do away with fallows and increase the productivity of his rice-based cropping system

Mechanized seeding helps Odisha farmer do away with fallows and increase the productivity of his rice-based cropping system

January 9, 2024

by Bidhan K. Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, Wasim Iftikar, and N.C. Banik Bikram Keshari Parida volunteered to conduct...

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A blueprint for women’s empowerment and women-led agricultural transformation

A blueprint for women’s empowerment and women-led agricultural transformation

December 6, 2023

by Mosharaf Hossain, Dillip Kumar Rout, Subhasmita Mohapatra, and Swati Nayak Access to quality seeds by smallholder...

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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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From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia

From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia

December 3, 2021

In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project has delivered six released varieties...

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Green Super Rice (GSR) traits: Breeding and genetics for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rice

Green Super Rice (GSR) traits: Breeding and genetics for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rice

November 8, 2021

The Green Super Rice (GSR) breeding strategy began in 2008 at IRRI to efficiently develop lines with...

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Interactive effect of weeding regimes, rice cultivars, and seeding rates influence the rice-weed competition under dry direct-seeded condition

Interactive effect of weeding regimes, rice cultivars, and seeding rates influence the rice-weed competition under dry direct-seeded condition

September 27, 2021

The rice production method, dry direct seeding (DSR), is the alternate option for the successful cultivation of...

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Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains

Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains

September 16, 2021

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management practices are evolving as a viable and sustainable alternative to conventional rice-wheat cropping...

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A physician-turned-farmer with a mission to modernize rice farming  

A physician-turned-farmer with a mission to modernize rice farming  

September 4, 2020

A medical doctor who is also a farmer not only adopted the laser land leveling technology but...

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Targeting women and the youth in disseminating climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam

Targeting women and the youth in disseminating climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam

August 28, 2020

The study on the adoption of  Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies by men and women in Vietnam is...

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