Global agriculture firm Corteva Agriscience is slowly making inroads to push its hybrid paddy seeds and other products in Bihar and Jharkhand, where it has trained about 90,000 women pravaktas or village leaders on growing hybrids along with agronomic practices and...
LAHORE – Hybrid coarse varieties of rice are likely to give 40-50 per cent more yield in Sindh and South Punjab this year. Favourable weather conditions, good and timely rains, improved seed quality and proper technical support from seed companies resulted in...
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Bioseed, the hybrid seed business of DCM Shriram Ltd., are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Signed by Bioseed SEA Executive Director Dr. Paresh Verma and IRRI Director...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute seeds and fertilizers for free to rice farmers starting the 2020 wet cropping season to further boost the country’s rice production. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the full implementation of the P8.5-billion...
BUTUAN CITY – A 100-hectare demonstration farm to showcase hybrid rice technology has been established in Butuan City. With Caraga Region hosting the 11th National Rice Technology Forum (NRTF) in October this year, DA-Caraga Regional Executive Director (RED) Abel...
BUTUAN CITY, April 7 — Rice farmers in Barangay Lemon, this city begin to reap the benefits of planting hybrid rice. Last year, 40 rice farmers in the city accepted the challenge to be farmer-cooperators of the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga’s...
