Sentences with phrase «rice crops in»

Maize and wheat yields will fall by up to 5 per cent in India; rice crops in China will drop by up to 12 per cent.

Some species of Anabaena, which can be found worldwide, have been successfully used to provide nitrogen to rice crops in flooded paddy fields.

According to Dr. Roland Buresh and Mr. Teodoro Correa, Jr., who both manage the LTCCE, the production of rice has been sustained after 150 rice crops in 52 years.

Brown planthoppers devastated parts of Java's rice crop in 2009 and Indonesian farmers have voiced their desire to have brown planthopper resistant rice varieties.

As an example, they cite work indicating that failure of the rice crop in southern China due to heatwaves could change from a one - in - a-100-year event to a one - in - four - year event in 2100.

Such an increase would also inundate much of the Mekong Delta, which produces half the rice crop in Vietnam, the world's No. 2 rice exporter.

Not exact matches

Since its 2013 demonstration as a genome editing tool in Arabidopsis and tobacco — two widely used laboratory plants — CRISPR has been road - tested in crops, including wheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum, oranges and tomatoes.

In 2013, rice crops produced in Hunan Province were found to be heavily tainted by cadmium, a toxic metal linked to kidney failure and skeletal problemIn 2013, rice crops produced in Hunan Province were found to be heavily tainted by cadmium, a toxic metal linked to kidney failure and skeletal problemin Hunan Province were found to be heavily tainted by cadmium, a toxic metal linked to kidney failure and skeletal problems.

Therefore we convert rice field for rubber cultivation and other cash - crops, including horticultural plantations, develop capital intensive production units (in countries like India where the major strength is its labour power), thereby denying majority of people their right to work.

«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.

Rice The second - largest world crop, rice is a staple food in ARice The second - largest world crop, rice is a staple food in Arice is a staple food in Asia.

Unlike rice and wheat that require many inputs in terms of soil fertility and water, millets grow well in dry regions as rainfed crops.

Apart from Golden Rice, Asia is a huge market for the bioscience industry wherein a plethora of GM crops are being introduced or are in the process of commercialization.

«They are getting approvals from countries that are favourable to genetically modified crops, to make it appear that Golden Rice is being accepted in developed countries.

Buckwheat bread — nutritious values and recipes Buckwheat is a plant similar to the rice grain and method of use, but much richer in protein and nutrients than other conventional crops.

The DA - AO is also used by multinational companies and offices such as the Philrice, IRRI and universities such as UPLB in applying for contained use and field testing of GM crops such as Golden Rice, Bt cotton, GM corn, GM Papaya and many others.

Despite years of vehement public opposition to the field and feed test of Golden Rice in the past decade — a genetically engineered rice promoted for commercialization in Asia, the Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), PhilRice has filed renewed application this year toopen field test the genetically modified crop in the municipality of San Mateo in Isabela and Muñoz in Nueva EcRice in the past decade — a genetically engineered rice promoted for commercialization in Asia, the Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), PhilRice has filed renewed application this year toopen field test the genetically modified crop in the municipality of San Mateo in Isabela and Muñoz in Nueva Ecrice promoted for commercialization in Asia, the Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), PhilRice has filed renewed application this year toopen field test the genetically modified crop in the municipality of San Mateo in Isabela and Muñoz in Nueva Ecija.

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.

Amaranth (Chinese Spinach) Artichokes Asparagus Asparagus Pea Beans Beets Bitter Melons and Wax Gourds Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Burdock (Gobo) Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Chinese (Napa) Cabbage Citron Melon (For candied citron, pies, etc.) Cantaloupes and Melons Cardoon Celery Chervil Chicory Chives Collards Corn and Ornamental Corn Cover Crops Cowpeas Cucumbers Eggplant Endive Fava Beans Finocchio Garland Chrysanthemum Gourds and Decorative Squash Jicama (Mexican Yam) Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce and Mesclun Loofah (Luffa) Sponges Malabar Spinach Mache (Corn Salad) Micro Greens (Baby Greens) Minutina (Buckshorn Plaintain) Mustard and Other Greens Oats (Hulless Oats for cereal) Okra Onions / Scallions Orach (Mountain Spinach) Ornamental Corn and Grain Pak Choi / Bak Choi Parsley Peas: Early Spring Peanuts Peppers Super Hot Peppers Popcorn Pumpkins Quinoa (Cereal, Superfood) Radicchio Radish Ramps (Wild Leeks) Rhubarb Rice (Can be grown in garden soil) Rutabaga Salsify (Oyster Plant) Saltwort Scorzonea Shallots (From Seed) Sorghum Soybeans Spinach Squash Summer Type and Zucchini Squash Winter Type Squash Japanese Kabocha Type Squash (Fall and Winter Decorations) Strawberry Sugar Beets Swiss Chard Tomatoes Turnip Watermelon

Rice crops with more arsenic content are grown in fields that have been previously sprayed with arsenic - based chemical pesticides.

We are following international and national guidelines for food safety of genetically modified crops, which require assessment of the nutritional value of Golden Rice and potential toxicity and allergenicity of proteins from the new genes in it.

Rice is the staple food crop for more than half of the world's population, and is especially important in Asia, where more than 60 % of the world's 1 billion poorest live.

Golden Rice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultRice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultrice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultrice grown in other ways such as in organic agriculture.

The future of agricultural science, in general, and rice science, specifically, is at stake if we can not nurture the next crop of vibrant, intelligent, and caring young scientists.

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.

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.

A one - time investment to develop a biofortified crop such as Golden Rice can generate new varieties for farmers to grow for years to come, in many different countries.

In addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environmenIn addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environmenin the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environmenin the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environment.

The depravity of their cynicism astounds even a crusty old bird like me: If Golden Rice is a success and effectively reduces blindness, disease, and death caused by vitamin A deficiency in millions of rice consumers, it will pave the way for other GM food crops that may be healthier for people and good for the environmRice is a success and effectively reduces blindness, disease, and death caused by vitamin A deficiency in millions of rice consumers, it will pave the way for other GM food crops that may be healthier for people and good for the environmrice consumers, it will pave the way for other GM food crops that may be healthier for people and good for the environment.

Other GM crops are being developed in the Philippines, including Golden Rice, and IRRI is researching other GM rRice, and IRRI is researching other GM ricerice.

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 varietieIn 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 varietiein 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.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

Rice is a staple food for almost half of the global population and is one of the most important crops in Asia.

«It's important to incorporate C4 in rice because rice grows in places where other crops such as maize do not grow and because rice is the staple food of more than half the world, including many people who live in poverty.»

The golden rice crop that was sabotaged was the third such planting in the same site since March 2012.

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.

The report «Gluten - Free Products Market by Type (Bakery Products, Pizzas & Pastas, Cereals & Snacks, Savories, and Others), Source (Oilseeds & Pulses, Rice & Corn, Dairy & Meat Products, and Other Crops), & by Region - Global Trends & Forecast to 2020» published by MarketsandMarkets, The global market for Gluten - Free Products was valued at $ 4.63 Billion in 2015 and is projected to reach $ 7.59 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 10.4 % from 2015 to 2020.

This year, IRRI established a new and relevant rice breeding factory, deciphered the information found in 3,000 sequenced rice genomes, helped in marketing the Philippines» unique indigenous «heirloom» rice varieties to the outside world, distributed climate - smart rice varieties to reduce Asian farmers» risks, and celebrated 150 consecutive knowledge - filled cropping seasons of the Long - Term Continuous Cropping Expcropping seasons of the Long - Term Continuous Cropping ExpCropping Experiment.

Water supply to about 27,000 rice farmers in Central Luzon in the Philippines was cut off due in part to decreasing water levels at Angat Dam, bringing attention again to the need for everyone to save water even for growing rice, the «thirstiest» of all crops.

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.

As the world's largest nonprofit independent research and training organization IRRI develops new rice varieties and crop management techniques to address poverty and hunger and improve the health of rice farmers and consumers in a sustainable manner.

An IRRI - led rice landscape management project is collaborating with national organizations in validating technologies and suitable rice varieties for the sloping uplands, as well as improving the upland rice - based cropping system.

The satellite - generated maps, developed by the International Rice Research Institute in collaboration with sarmap and the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), show that flooding has affected about 1,800 hectares of standing rice crop across 15 municipalities and that the typhoon badly damaged buildings where harvested rice may have been stoRice Research Institute in collaboration with sarmap and the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), show that flooding has affected about 1,800 hectares of standing rice crop across 15 municipalities and that the typhoon badly damaged buildings where harvested rice may have been stoRice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), show that flooding has affected about 1,800 hectares of standing rice crop across 15 municipalities and that the typhoon badly damaged buildings where harvested rice may have been storice crop across 15 municipalities and that the typhoon badly damaged buildings where harvested rice may have been storice may have been stored.

«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 - PhilRiCrop 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 - PhilRicrop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat and Vice Minister Le Quoc Doanh convened a multi-stakeholder effort to refine key elements of the strategy, which includes developing rice varieties with high export value, adopting advanced crop management techniques, and more intensive use of machines and other technologies in rice farming.

Training of national scientists in different aspects of rice research and extension as well as in rice - based cropping systems is an integral part of the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) continuing research efforts (IRRI 19rice research and extension as well as in rice - based cropping systems is an integral part of the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) continuing research efforts (IRRI 19rice - based cropping systems is an integral part of the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) continuing research efforts (IRRI 19Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) continuing research efforts (IRRI 1983).

Rice is the most important food crop in the developing world and the staple of more than half of the world's population.

In January 2013, Burundi's Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation, Hon. Laurent Kavakure, signed an agreement with IRRI Director General Robert Zeigler to further promote and accelerate rice research and rice - based cropping systems.

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.