Sentences with phrase «rice farming systems»

Zubair, L., S.P. Nissanka, W.M.W. Weerakoon, D.I. Herath, A.S. Karunaratne, A.S.M. Prabodha, M.B. Agalawatte, R.M. Herath, S.Z. Yahiya, B.V.R. Punyawardene, J. Vishwanathan, P. Delpitiya, A.E.N. Wijekoon, J. Gunaratna, S.S.K. Chandrasekara, P. Wickramagamage, K.D.N. Weerasinghe, C.M. Navaratne, R.S. Perera, A.I. Gunesekara, G.M.P. Kumara, D. Wallach, R.O. Valdivia, and S.P. McDermid, 2015: Climate change impacts on rice farming systems in northwestern Sri Lanka.

IRRI aims to raise the productivity, profitability, and resilience of Indian rice farming systems while ensuring their environmental sustainability.

IRRI aims to raise the productivity, profitability, and resilience of Indian rice farming systems while ensuring their environmental sustainability.

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Vietnam and IRRI worked hand in hand in areas of varietal improvement, conservation of rice diversity, sustainable farming systems, and in the continued strengthening of human resources capabilities.

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.

This covers research on improvement of rainfed lowland and irrigated rice varieties, plant pathology, entomology, soil science, agronomy, and farming systems.

Research collaboration is ongoing, including pest and disease management, sustainable farming systems, and conserving the genetic diversity of rice, with breeding new rice varieties remaining a priority.

Economically speaking, the selling price of organic rice in the Ebro Delta is higher than conventional rice, and permits greater profit to farmers, in spite of the major cost of labour (organic farming of this particular system needs 25 percent more than conventional farming) and lower yields -LRB--15 percent in organic paddy fields).

As the Navdanya Study «Health per Acre» shows, a biodiverse farming system in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand produces 2540 mg of Beta Carotene per Acre, compared to only 24 mg per Acre in a monoculture of rice.

Although the practice of not tilling the soil (no - till) started in the United States, two other countries, Brazil and Argentina, are the world leaders in no - till, said Rice, adding that 80 percent or more of agricultural land in Brazil and Argentina are farmed using no - till systems.

By 2022, RICE aims to extend technologies to more households for increased adoption of improved rice varieties and farming practices that reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systRICE aims to extend technologies to more households for increased adoption of improved rice varieties and farming practices that reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systrice varieties and farming practices that reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systrice - based farming systems.

Rice - based farming systems are now driven to develop and test innovations that adapt to changing climates and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Aiming to help farmers adapt their rice farming practices to climate change, the CLUES project (Climate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta: Adaptation of rice cropping systems) could not have come at a better time.

Help reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systems by at least 28.4 megatons carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent / year by 2022 and by a further 28.4 megatons CO2 equivalent / year by 2030, compared to business - as - usual scenarios.

By 2022, RICE aims to increase water - and nutrient - use efficiency and reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systRICE aims to increase water - and nutrient - use efficiency and reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systrice - based farming systems.

The farms were all honored for their work to improve rice production systems and to earn the first carbon offsets from low emission rice production.

Since 2012, these farms have been dedicated to testing methods and measuring results for reducing GHG emissions and water usage under the ACR offset methodology for Emissions Reductions in Rice Management Systems.