Sentences with phrase «higher rice yields»

As they provide farmers with protection against short - term flooding and serve as a type of «insurance policy,» farmers can feel reassured and invest in agricultural inputs such as fertilizer, leading to higher rice yields.

The objective of this collaboration with ACI is to facilitate higher rice yields, better quality, climate - change — tolerant varieties, and improved sustainability of rice production in Bangladesh.»

Not exact matches

Research institutions successfully developed new varieties of rice and wheat which were capable of much higher yields per acre than any of the then - known varieties.

The program also supposedly aims to address the improvement of seed quality, conversion of farmers from traditional farming to high - yielding hybrid rice seeds, lack of irrigation, and lack of fertilizers.

«From Masagana 99 and high - yielding varieties in the 1960s, to Masagana 6000 and Golden Rice today, it seems nothing has changed,» said Antonio Flores, a farmer from Mindanao and secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is a government corporate entity attached to the Department of Agriculture created through Executive Order 1061 on 5 November 1985 (as amended) to help develop high - yielding and c...

Vietnamese rice exports could soon increase as higher than expected yields allow the government to lift its export restriction, according to an Asia Pulse report.

Though rice originates from the tropics, high temperatures of more than 35 degrees Celcius during the reproductive stages reduces rice production, especially when the rice plant flowers when the high temperature occurs because it causes low seed setting and low yield.

Our key target is to produce hybrid rice with consistently high - yield heterosis (hybrid vigor), good grain quality, tolerance to key environmental stresses, multiple resistances to insect pests and diseases, and high seed production yield.

With new tools to breed healthier rice, including Golden Rice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritirice, including Golden Rice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritiRice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritious.

Farmers and consumers benefit from rice genetic research because it leads to new rice varieties that have higher yield, higher quality, and are more resistant to pests, diseases, and the effects of climate change.

Of the 8 IRRI - bred varieties, 4 are high - yielding lines from the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice.

«We want to incorporate this natural energy booster into rice, which usually just has C3 photosynthesis, so that it can achieve much higher yields,» he added.

In 1985, Vietnam achieved self - sufficiency in rice and then went on to continue to increase its production due to supportive government policies, and its adoption of better crop management strategies and new high - yielding rice varieties.

Whenever susceptible rice varieties are grown in environments that favor bacterial blight, very high yield losses, as much as over 70 %, may be caused by bacterial blight.

Tanzanian farmers can now boost rice production with the release of two new high - yielding varieties.

One popular rice variety currently being developed by PhilRice to have a Golden Rice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice varirice variety currently being developed by PhilRice to have a Golden Rice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice variRice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice varirice variety.

Help scientists of participating countries access to a diverse source of germplasm and broaden the genetic base of temperate rice for higher yield, superior grain quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

Through IRRI and Vietnam partnerships, Vietnamese farmers are now able to maximize the full potential of the high - yielding rice varieties being grown in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.

It should be noted that IRRI's high - yielding varieties and farming technologies have enabled increases in production per land area for farmers and made rice generally more affordable for consumers.

Although high - yielding varieties are grown in these areas, continual progress is necessary to incorporate disease and insect resistance and improved grain quality into rice varieties.

Because heavy cream has a high fat content, I felt substituting the cream with a plant - based milk like almond milk or rice milk wouldn't yield a «real ganche»; it would lack the creamy flavor.

«Using a new approach of combining molecular identification of the SPIKE gene and conventional breeding, we have developed rice, with the SPIKE gene, that has higher yield when compared with an equivalent rice without the gene,» Dr. Kobayashi said.

In the region's lowland paddies, hybrid and high - yielding inbred rice varieties for the spring season, and inbred short - duration summer paddy varieties have been identified.

IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related to higher yield potential — such as large panicles, large leaves, a vigorous root system, and thick stems — in several Indonesian tropical japonica rice varieties.

For Golden Rice, the research is still ongoing so that it will have comparable yield as local high - yielding varieties.

Dr. Abdullah also noted that a number of Indonesian rice varieties have been sent to IRRI to breed high - yielding varieties, for example, one of the parents of «miracle rice» — also called IR8 and renowned for its superior yields that helped avert famine in the 1960s — was an Indonesian rice variety called Peta.

In this light, IRRI develops elite inbred rice lines with higher yield potential, multiple resistance to insects and diseases, and superior grain quality.

Since then, 77 high - yielding rice varieties have been released as a result of rice breeding collaboration, including many that are currently grown by farmers for the domestic market and some that are grown for export.

We conduct research and training to improve rice for better grain quality and higher yield, resistance to pests and diseases, tolerance of environmental stresses, and less farm input requirement.

IR8 and the subsequent high - yielding rice varieties not only pulled Asia back from famine, but contributed immensely to the emergence of «tiger» economies among rice - producing countries in the region.

NEW DELHI, INDIA — 21 November 2016 — Today, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) celebrated the golden anniversary of the international release of IR8 - the world's first high - yielding rice variRice Research Institute (IRRI) celebrated the golden anniversary of the international release of IR8 - the world's first high - yielding rice varirice variety.

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — November 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of IR8; the world's first high - yielding rice variety and the first rice variety released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRrice variety and the first rice variety released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRrice variety released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRice Research Institute (IRRI).

In 1960, IRRI was established with one pressing mission: to develop high - yielding rice varieties.

Since 1966, three consecutive crops of high - yielding rice varieties have been grown annually during most years.

The center will house a modern and sophisticated research facility that aims to develop higher - yielding and more nutritious rice varieties that also meet the eating preferences of consumers.

Research in Jakenan, Central Java found three drought - tolerant potential rice varieties from IRRI with high - yield potential that are suitable for the second crop — IR68833, IR68836, and S3376e.

As with other hybrid plants and animals, hybrid rice has both greater vigor and higher yield than either parent variety — this is commonly called «hybrid vigor».

IRRI and Indonesia's partnership covers breeding rice varieties with high yield potential, grain quality, and resistance to pests.

«It is our vision for Burundi to become a leading regional hub for excellent, high yielding, rice varieties that also have good grain quality.»

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Although the first generation of hybrid rice varieties released had higher yields, they also tended to have inferior grain quality and inadequate disease and insect resistance.

Our research into hybrid rice now focuses on producing hybrid rice with consistently high - yield heterosis (hybrid vigor), good grain quality, tolerance to key environmental stresses, multiple resistances to insect pests and diseases, and high seed production yield.

In 1967, the first widely distributed high - yielding semidwarf rice variety, IR8, was introduced into the country.

«While IRRI has historically helped India to meet its overall food security needs through the green revolution high - yielding rice varieties such as IR8, the challenge now is to deliver increased livelihoods for farmers through increasing the value of rice, and increasing the well - being of farmers and consumers through enhanced nutrition outcomes.

When grown under the same conditions as comparable high - yielding inbred rice varieties, commercial hybrid rice can generate up to 30 % higher yields.

The Resilient Rice Field Laboratory forms part of a three - prong approach to developing new, high - yielding, stress - tolerant rice varieties that are well - suited and well - adopted by farmers across the regRice Field Laboratory forms part of a three - prong approach to developing new, high - yielding, stress - tolerant rice varieties that are well - suited and well - adopted by farmers across the regrice varieties that are well - suited and well - adopted by farmers across the region.

This success is largely a result of genetic improvement in the form of high - yielding, climate change - ready, and short - duration rice varieties.

This agreement opens up more exciting collaborative activities in developing higher - yielding and more nutritious rice varieties that also meet the eating preferences of consumers,» said Dr. Morell.

«As the global population is projected to increase by almost 3 billion by 2050, rice breeders urgently need to develop new and sustainable rice varieties with higher yield, healthier grains and reduced environmental footprints.