Experience of farmers using mobile phone for farming information flow in boro rice production: A case of Eastern Gangetic Plain Experience of farmers using mobile phone for farming information flow in boro rice production: A case of Eastern Gangetic Plain March 11, 2024 by Babor Ahmad, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Fahima Khanom et al. This research was inspired by exploring...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Planet imagery to map crop type of smallholder farms Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Planet imagery to map crop type of smallholder farms July 5, 2021 In this study, we used radial kernel support vector machine (SVM) to map the crop types of...Read More
The New Normal in agriculture: Convergence, collaboration, and inclusion The New Normal in agriculture: Convergence, collaboration, and inclusion April 30, 2021 Convergence, collaboration, and inclusion proved to be the keys for preparing the agricultural sector in managing unforeseen...Read More
Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies September 23, 2020 A recent study concluded that incentivizing farmers in general—and female farmers in particular—can serve as a potential...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
A tapestry of rice, earth, and soul A tapestry of rice, earth, and soul August 18, 2020 The people of the Philippine Cordillera Region are so devoted to rice that they carved terraces out...Read More
Our traditions and our heirloom rice are special Our traditions and our heirloom rice are special August 16, 2020 “I feel very happy when I see my crops growing and I anticipate a big harvest,” Evelyn...Read More