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...
THE ECONOMIC TIMES CHANDIGARH: Punjab farmers are being urged to switch to the early-maturing varieties of paddy which need less water and leave lighter stubble in the fields after harvest. “We are promoting short-duration paddy varieties developed by Punjab...
An Indian researcher led a team that developed a rice variety that takes up less arsenic and they’re now working on one that will generate less greenhouse gas emissions. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 140 million people in over 70...
