Sentences with phrase «rice farmers»

The partnership will aim to improve the lives of rice farmers through supporting better rice varieties and agricultural technologies.

But thanks to the time honored rice harvesting traditions of Thai rice farmers, many of the less prevalent but still incredibly important rice crop varieties remain intact.

«We developed this new proposal to further develop profitable methods for organic rice farmers,» he said.

Activities include watching a short film clip and looking at a photo - story of how small - scale rice farmers are changing their lives through irrigation.

Japanese rice farmers use an adorable marketing technique to spotlight the people behind the brand instead of the product itself.

He called on the government to further support rice farmers so as to improve their productivity.

This struggling tiny community of rice farmers never seems to capture anyone's imagination.

It can take years to ensure that new varieties consistently have the same yield, pest resistance, and other qualities that rice farmers demand, but it will be worth it.

In contrast, rice farmers employed specific odor words 56 percent of the time, versus specific color words 78 percent of the time.

I am a retired rice farmer but still have a small cow / calf operation.

On the way, you'll pass stunning Balinese countryside and rice farmers attending to their crop.

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.

In the early 1980s, he wrote a computer model to investigate the emergence of cooperative behavior among Balinese rice farmers.

An independent assessment by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) found that Southeast Asian rice farmers in three countries are harvesting an extra US$ 1.46 billion worth of rice a year as a result of the research work done by IRRI and its partners.

«Our special relationship with the Philippines, IRRI's home for 50 years, is demonstrated best by the fruits of our research being reaped by Filipino rice farmers,» IRRI Director General Dr. Robert Zeigler said.

The National President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for inaugurating the National Food Security Council with a call for the inclusion of farmers in the council.

An independent assessment by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) found that Southeast Asian rice farmers in three countries alone - the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam - harvested an extra US$ 1.46 billion worth of rice a year as a result of the varietal improvement done by IRRI and its partners.

«Since then, Sub1 rice varieties have spread like wildfire in eastern India and other regions where flooding is a perennial problem for rice farmers in such marginal environments,» he said.

The team, which reports its results online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concludes that millet was farmed at Dadiwan in its earliest phases but not by rice farmers from the south.

The RCM enables agricultural extension staff to ensure sustainable productivity gains for poor rice farmers, through cost - effective crop management.

Loving Earth's founder, Scott Fry, was inspired to start the company when he was working with rice farmers in rural Maharashtra, India.

IRRI develops new rice varieties and rice crop management techniques that help rice farmers improve the yield and quality of their rice in an environmentally sustainable way.

Added feature includes witnessing various cultural highlights, such as local rice farmers tending their fields, visits to an authentic Balinese home where you can learn more about the agrarian ways of life, such as coconut oil processing, to making Balinese flower tray offerings and a variety of woven coconut leaf crafts.

Access to the TAL Code technology will enable IRRI to accelerate its on - going research into high - iron / high - zinc rice varieties and actively advance viable, rice sector - based solutions to global food and nutrition security issues, including making improved rice varieties available more quickly to smallholder rice farmers.

Before that, for 5,000 years, the area was populated by rice farmers who carved the land into paddies.

In the Philippines, introducing irrigation helped lowland rice farmers produce two crops per year rather than one.

The drive will be passing the countryside of Ubud called Kutuh Village to see the real beauty of Ubud where you can see the local rice farmer work together in their rice field vi.

Both plant threats face rice farmers near his parents» home in India.

New Delhi - About 10 million of the poorest and most disadvantaged rice farmers have been given access to climate - smart rice varieties, which includes flood - tolerant ones.

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

Though the villa is meant to be an escape to a quiet area where rice farmers work and traditional temples dot the roads, it's not far from the livelier parts of Seminyak.

Yet Semelai rice farmers, who live in...

But this does not seem to have made life worse for Bangladeshi rice farmers (who account for 75 % of agricultural production), who have meanwhile been able to realise a three-fold increase in production from a 30 % increase in land area.

«Southwest Louisiana is home to nearly 500,000 acres of prime rice producing land and boasts many of the best rice farmers in the United States,» the company says.

Full day tour which is designed for traveler who seek to go deep into Ubud's countryside and witness firsthand the daily live of rural rice farmers, Bali life and tradition

Crop losses from flooding and salinity affect rice farmers each year, increasing the burden of poverty.

«We are pleased to partner with IRRI, a recognized leader in rice research and development, to address the need to improve the lives of rice farmers through better rice varieties and agricultural technologies, which ensure creating wealth for farmers» said Dr. F.H. Ansarey, Executive Director for Agribusiness of ACI.

The years - worth of free rice from USAID and the UN after the earthquake put an entire region of Haitian rice farmers out of work, driving their families into abject poverty, and now their children are vulnerable to child trafficking.

For rice farmer Lance Benson, the secret to great - tasting pot of rice is... soil.

Unfortunately, IRRIs technologies have disregarded the local wisdom, traditional knowledge and innovation of rice farmers accumulated over centuries.

A transparent and vibrant international rice futures market is one critical factor that would help Thai rice farmers make strategic decisions to manage their rice in a more environmentally sustainable and far - sighted way and provide Singapore with «greener» Thai Jasmine rice.

Rice farmers across Asia work hard to produce rice for Singapore and other countries that depend on rice imports to meet national demand for the grain.

Featured were IRRI initiatives with heirloom rice farmers in the Cordilleras; conservation of rice genetic diversity; and the decades - long field experiment which recently yielded its 150th harvest.

Bangladesh's rice farmers recovering from Cyclone Mohashe will receive free seed of flood - tolerant rice from IRRI.

GRiSP streamlines current rice research for development activities of CGIAR and aligns them with more than 900 rice research and development partners worldwide to increase rice productivity and value for the poor, foster more sustainable rice - based production, help rice farmers adapt to climate change, and improve the efficiency and equity of the rice sector.

Through the IRRC - fostered partnerships, NRM technologies that address irrigated rice farmers» needs have been identified and developed through interdisciplinary research and outreach efforts.

Organic rice farmers have to hedge their bets on which way the pendulum will swing.