Los Baños, Philippines — As climate change and rising food demand reshape agriculture, hybrid rice is emerging as a practical solution to boost productivity, improve resilience, and reduce resource use. To push these solutions forward, the Hybrid Rice Development...
As agriculture encounters a range of evolving challenges, the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) is dedicated to enhancing hybrid rice research. By fostering genetic improvement, facilitating knowledge exchange, and developing climate-resilient rice varieties,...
FORBES.COM | Andrew Wight Read the original article at forbes.com A researcher originally from Bangladesh has been looking at farms in South Asia to determine why agricultural practices aimed at reducing carbon emissions haven’t been adopted. The agricultural...
Kim Diane Nocito, an Affiliate BS Scholar in IRRI, recently won the Best Undergraduate Thesis for Weed Science given by the Weed Science Society of the Philippines during the 56th Pest Management Council of the Philippines Scientific Conference held last June in...
HINDUSTAN TIMES Close to half the paddy cultivation area in Punjab has been sown with a faster-maturing variety that leaves behind less stubble, potentially reducing pollution caused by farm fires in November. Typically, farmers use a variety that takes longer to...
