Sentences with phrase «raise rice yields»
More hybrid rice varieties are now becoming available that allow farmers to significantly raise rice yields and thus overall rice productivity and profitability.
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The Philippines raised its rice yields from 1.16 tons per hectare in 1960 to 3.59 tons per hectare in 2009.
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«The use of the Rice Crop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).
The increased yields obtained through IRRI technologies can help rice farmers to free up land area to raise other nutritious crops and animals.
Scientists have long sought such a stiff - leafed rice plant, believing that it would raise grain yields.