Sentences with phrase «reduce rice production»

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.

Since its first phase, RICE and its partners have been developing water - saving and other climate - friendly technologies that reduces rice production's environmental footprint.

However, with me at least, a bit part of the deal is the increased acidity reducing fish harvests, water shortages, droughts severely reducing crops (sure — more rain, but more over the ocean, less on land — and with greater evaporation before the water trickles to a dry stream bed), increased heat reducing rice production and other heat sensative crops, the heat waves, etc..

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Installment 8 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future explores the potential to improve water management in rice production in order to reduce agricultural...

This hackathon is unique not only because of its focus on agricultural technology, but also because it is driven by IRRI's mission: • reduce poverty and hunger • improve the health of rice farmers and consumers • ensure that rice production is environmentally sustainable.

With the global population rising continuously, urbanization rapidly reducing land for farming, and climate change threatening stable crop production, a significant improvement in genetic yield potential is one of the most crucial goals in rice research.

In doing so we have made progress towards fulfilling our mission to reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure that rice production is environmentally sustainable.

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.

The Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia With Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) aims to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systRice Yield Gaps in Asia With Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) aims to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systrice production systems.

This according to him forms a critical part of the current federal government's diversification agenda of the economy while he also cited instance that the government has already embarked upon a plan for self - sufficiency in rice and wheat production, which, when it succeeds will reduce pressure on foreign exchange.

While noting the reconstruction of 114 inner roads across the 57 Local Government Councils in the State, Zakari also commended the Light Up Lagos project and the Agric initiative aimed at encouraging local production of rice, saying that the remarkable initiative had greatly reduced rice importation and enhanced foreign exchange of the country.

The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, said in the last few years, a lot had been done on rice production which he said had reduced the amount of money hitherto spent on rice importation.

Rice described this proposal as reducing inputs while maintaining or increasing outputs, which makes production more efficient.

The authors find that, without adaptation, projected corn, rice and wheat production is reduced when areas experience 2.0 °C or more of local warming, with losses greater in the second half of the century due to larger changes in climate.

Observed data and many studies indicate that a warming climate has a negative effect to crop production, generally reduce yields of staple cereals such as wheat, rice and maize, which, however, differs between regions and latitudes.

The authors find that, without adaptation, projected corn, rice and wheat production is reduced when areas experience 2.0 °C or more of local warming and that crop - level adaptations are projected to be able to increase yields when compared to similar scenarios that do not utilize adaptation.

To meet this ambitious goal and to increase the quality of rice for millions of families for decades to come, Mars has invested in research and farmer education and is partnering with growers, NGOs and universities to transform the production of rice farms around the world to enhance water use, reduce GHG emissions, improve yields and increase incomes.