By 2020, the Philippines could be self-sufficient in rice. But with shrinking lands, climate change, and other challenges, the plan to be self-sufficient by 2020 can only be fulfilled by using modern agricultural strategies like hybrid rice. Learn more about IRRI’s work on hybrid rice.
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The Indian Express | Breeding challenges: Hybrid rice clicks better in poor than agriculturally prosperous states
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The Star: New hybrid rice varieties ‘to triple’ farmers’ yields
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Interaksyon: Rice self-sufficiency seen at 30% hybrid planting rate
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said rice self-sufficiency will be attained when the rate of adoption for hybrid seed hits 30% of the 4 million hectares of rice land, compared with the current rate of 10% (Read more).
The News: Pakistan to export 100 tons hybrid rice seeds for first time in April
Pakistan is all set to export the first ever consignment of 100 tons heat-tolerant rice seeds to the Philippines next month, a senior industry official said – a shipment that is long-awaited since the country begun experimenting hybrid technology over a decade...
ECNS.cn: Rice variety developed by China’s ‘father of hybrid rice’ sets record in Hainan
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