Sentences with phrase «on rice cropping»

Other regional activities that are taking advantage of the IRRC umbrella are the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), initiatives on Good Agricultural Practices for rice (Rice GAP), new projects on rice cropping systems in Myanmar, and linkages with the Agricultural Competitiveness Project of the World Bank in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.

«Using Rice Crop Manager, extension workers, who bring technical knowhow and technologies to farmers through the Food Staples Sufficiency Program, will be empowered to provide farmers intelligent recommendations based on technical data on rice crop management,» explained Dr. Regalado.

Not exact matches

If there is a silver lining, it is that today's high prices should encourage more production, but unlike fast - growing crops like rice, wheat and soybeans, coffee grows on trees that take years to mature.

«Many of you may have known that we have embarked on a national diversification program, where emphasis is being placed on other crops other than traditional rice and sugar,» Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said in a statement.

Quezon City — A House Resolution directing an inquiry on the controversial Golden Rice has been filed at the House of Representatives today, as an effort to stem the imminent re-introduction of the genetically modified (GM) crop in the country.

And on the world - food security front, ARS» Stuttgart center is closing in on genes that regulate rice's uptake and storage of iron, thiamine and other important vitamins and minerals — a pursuit that could bolster the nutritional value of this cereal grain crop as a staple food for roughly half the world's population.

The main focus is on allergen - free, natural ingredients based on different crops (rice, grains, and pulses).

It seems that the anti-science, anti-technology, and anti-GMO movements that are hindering the use of transgenic crops in India, such as Bt brinjal (eggplant) and pro-vitamin A-fortified Golden Rice (GR), are having a chilling effect on our students.

This research on Golden Rice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impaRice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impaRice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental imparice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impacts.

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.

Other factors also contribute to pest outbreaks such as excessive fertilizer which creates luxuriant crops for the hoppers to feed on and continuous rice cropping that doesn't allow for a break in the food supply of the pests.

Breeding rice resistant to insects and diseases requires knowledge on resistance mechanisms, genetics, and epidemiology, to deploy efficient resistances that reduce crop losses.

CSAAS aims at expanding the capabilities of the Rice Crop Manager (RCM), a web - based application available on smartphones developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), currently upscaled in the Philippines.

The 209 hectares of rice fields on IRRI's experiment farm form a mosaic patchwork of different crop stages and varying degrees of wetland habitats, which make them a bird Keeping a healthy rice ecosystem is a target for IRRI on the farm.

Currently, Cambodia and IRRI are conducting joint research projects on climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate - resilient rice varieties, remote sensing - based crop monitoring, improvement of farmers» livelihoods, and postharvest technology.

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are teaming up to exhibit at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP) on May 9 - 14, 2011 at the La Piazza Hotel and Convention Center in Legaspi City, Philippines.

Rice farmers in the Philippines can now get advice via their mobile phone on the optimal timing, amount, and type of fertilizer to apply to their rice crop to maximize production and profit, and reduce waRice farmers in the Philippines can now get advice via their mobile phone on the optimal timing, amount, and type of fertilizer to apply to their rice crop to maximize production and profit, and reduce warice crop to maximize production and profit, and reduce waste.

In his time with IRRI, Dr. Morell has been instrumental in shaping the institute's research and outreach agenda, including IRRI's leadership on climate change - ready rice, healthier rice varieties, farmer - friendly crop management and value chain practices as well as encouraging the next generation of rice scientists.

With support from several partners, IRRI is developing new hybrid rice varieties, and in another project tries to generate widely accessible databases on crop improvement and track the diffusion of rice varieties.

By collaborating on a wide scope of research, including development of better rice varieties, strengthening of rice - based farming systems, and improvement of crop cultivation practices, Bangladesh continues to raise its level of rice production and minimize the intensity of food insecurity during major flooding and monsoons.

IRRI also gives support in national strategy and framework planning for hybrid rice development; research on abiotic stress tolerance particularly submergence, drought, and low temperature damage in high elevation areas; support for the implementation of integrated crop and resource management in the target areas through the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) and the Indonesian Rice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologrice development; research on abiotic stress tolerance particularly submergence, drought, and low temperature damage in high elevation areas; support for the implementation of integrated crop and resource management in the target areas through the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) and the Indonesian Rice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologRice Research Consortium (IRRC) and the Indonesian Rice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologRice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologies.

Most of the United States» wild rice crop is grown in and around Minnesota, which may have something to do with the wild rice soup being on special at a restaurant on the Minnesota border.

By focussing on only one crop, rice, which by itself does not provide all the nutrients we need, while eclipsing the alternative of diverse crops providing diverse nutrients, including higher quantities of vit A than Golden Rice, the Golden Rice pushers are in fact worsening the crisis of hunger and malnutritrice, which by itself does not provide all the nutrients we need, while eclipsing the alternative of diverse crops providing diverse nutrients, including higher quantities of vit A than Golden Rice, the Golden Rice pushers are in fact worsening the crisis of hunger and malnutritRice, the Golden Rice pushers are in fact worsening the crisis of hunger and malnutritRice pushers are in fact worsening the crisis of hunger and malnutrition.

RiceBran Technologies updates progress on this year's Sacramento Valley rice crop.

IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing, for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant varieties of staple crops such as wheat and rice.

Aside from its work on grasses, CIAT has focused on breeding improved varieties of beans, rice and cassava — staple crops that are important to the food security of the rural poor.

The toxin is produced by a common mold, Aspergillus flavus, that grows on crops from rice and cereals to corn and nuts.

Similar research in the past has focused on grain crops, like rice and corn.

At this research station in the Philippines, scientists at the International Rice Research Institute are developing GM rice that can tolerate drought, one of the toughest stresses on crRice Research Institute are developing GM rice that can tolerate drought, one of the toughest stresses on crrice that can tolerate drought, one of the toughest stresses on crops.

While farmers concentrate on high - carbohydrate crops like rice and potatoes, the mix of wild plants and animals in the diets of surviving hunter - gatherers provides more protein and a bettter balance of other nutrients.

Agronomists went on to breed «semi-dwarf» rice plants using the same principles, fundamentally altering a crop that half the world relied on for daily sustenance.

The team on the three - year study includes plant pathologists, breeders, crop nutrient managers, economists, weed scientists, entomologists and outreach specialists from Texas, Arkansas and Washington, D.C. Research on organic rice has been in progress at the AgriLife Research facility in Beaumont for at least five years, Zhou said, and results from those studies, along with some from other areas, will be parlayed into the new study.

The information gathered from these rice plants will be used to create drought - resistant corn and crops that will grow in depleted soil, perhaps on marginal land in the United States or Asia.

«Very little research has been done on organic rice, and organic studies on other crops do not apply to rice because — unlike other crops — most of it is grown in flooded fields,» he said.

Dr. Shabala and his colleagues note that recent research on salt bladders creates the exciting possibility of modifying genes in traditional crops such as wheat or rice to allow them to develop salt bladders without a major impact on their growth and yield.

The evidence of the success of early rice farmers on the vast wetlands near the Guaporé River in Rondônia state, Brazil, could help modern day plant breeders develop rice crops which are less susceptible to disease and more adaptable to the effects of climate change than the Asian varieties.

A farming community where people grow rice and cash crops such as vanilla, this tiny town at the outskirts of Marojejy National Park is one of the few remaining places on Earth where light pollution is not a problem.

More than 3 billion people in the world depend on rice as their primary food, and nearly one - fourth of the world's crop is grown in rain - fed lowland plots prone to seasonal and sustained flash floods.

On the other hand CH4 is produced mostly indirectly, for example, in growing rice crops or in draining out water for peat lands.

Rice is one of the most important food crops on earth.

In the rice — nonrice system, however, the destruction of surface soil structure and the development of the hardpan can impose serious liabilities on the establishment and performance of crops grown after rice.

While they still depend on the forest for traditional hunting and gathering, most Amerindians, as American indigenous people are called, grow crops (like bananas, manioc, and rice), use western goods (like metal pots, pans, and utensils), and make regular trips to towns and cities to bring foods and wares to market.

His research interest focuses on 1) development and application of TALEN and CRISPR technologies for targeted genome editing in plant species, and 2) molecular mechanism of plant / microbe interactions and crop disease resistance engineering by using the bacterial blight of rice as a model.

China and South Asia, on the other hand, will see the most ozone - related damage to wheat, rice and soybean crops because of the chronically high levels of toxic air pollution.

Sixteen projects have been formed under this agenda, with a focus on upstream research for crop improvement, future intensive rice systems, and others.

Growing dry - season crops after rice on hard - setting soils can pose serious challenges to Cambodian farmers seeking to diversify and intensify with greater efficiency, profitability, and sustainability.

Focusing initially on five staple crops — wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and chickpea — the project seeks to empower public plant breeders to use genome - wide approaches to model plant performance in real time using tools that can be shared across diverse species and regions of the world.

If we allow this golden rice, and depend for nutrition on it, we might further lose these crops, our children losing knowledge of the importance of other crops such as green leafy vegetables.»

Leading the charge of GR2.0 and 3.0 will be a crop of vibrant and intelligent young scientists in league with IRRI through the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) and spread out across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, «many of whom are attending their first International Rice Congress now,» said Zeigler, himself a plant pathologist who started young working on various crop staples.

This is the type of diet that is attained from biodiverse farming — the opposite of what will occur if GM crops like golden rice get planted on a large scale, requiring the removal of all other competing life forms.