Sentences with phrase «tolerant rice varieties»

The Rural Development Administration (RDA) of the Republic of Korea and the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) have entered into a strategic partnership under the Korea - Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI) to accelerate the development of a new generation of productive and stress - tolerant rice varieties to meet the pressing needs of rice farmers and consumers in Africa.

«To date, the Philippines, a member country of CURE, has released 19 drought - tolerant rice varieties for the rainfed lowlands, four for the uplands, and 15 for saline - prone environments.»

The Resilient Rice Field Laboratory forms part of a three - prong approach to developing new, high - yielding, stress - tolerant rice varieties that are well - suited and well - adopted by farmers across the region.

Primary scientific research conducted in the Field Laboratory to develop stress - tolerant rice varieties is then transferred to IRRI's Centre of Excellence at the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh for further localized testing.

Reclaiming land that was previously unsuitable for rice production (e.g., through the use of salt - tolerant rice varieties).

Under the STRASA project, two flood - tolerant rice varieties, BRRI dhan51 (Swarna - Sub1) and BRRI dhan52 (BR11 - Sub1), were released in Bangladesh for commercial cultivation in 2010.

Swarna - Sub1 is a flood - tolerant rice variety developed by the Philippines - based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Swarna - Sub1, the first flood - tolerant rice variety, was released in India in August 2009.

«The recently released drought - tolerant rice variety, NSIC Rc282, yielded up to 7.9 tons per hectare during the 2016 dry season in an on - farm trial in Cuyapon, Nueva Ecija,» said Dr. Aurora Corales, supervising science research specialist at PhilRice.

Swarna - Sub1, the first flood - tolerant rice variety, was released in India in August 2009.

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Out of a collection of 1,313 traditional rice varieties, MASIPAG has documented 66 flood, drought or saline tolerant as well as pests or diseases resistant varieties.

Apart from high - input climate tolerant varieties, it will also promote genetically modified rice varieties such as Golden Rice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drourice varieties such as Golden Rice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drouRice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drourice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drought.

Vast rice - growing regions in India, Bangladesh, and other countries, which are submerged during rainy season and rendered useless for rice production, have been made productive since the SUB1 gene that makes rice flood - tolerant was discovered and bred into popular existing rice varieties.

IRRI has released 230 improved rice varieties that produce more grain, are pest resistant, and tolerant of the effects of climate change such as flooding, drought, and salty soil.

These «stress - tolerant» rice varieties are grown by millions of farmers all across Asia and the world.

He also improved several popular rice varieties for drought tolerance following MAB, as well as developed drought plus submergence tolerant version of Swarna.

The 44 new types of rice released in 2013 include nine salt - tolerant varieties in the Philippines, three flood - tolerant varieties in South Asia, and six in sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

The climate change - ready rice varieties that have reached millions of farmers in Asia were developed by IRRI and its partners under the BMGF - funded project, Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia or STRrice varieties that have reached millions of farmers in Asia were developed by IRRI and its partners under the BMGF - funded project, Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia or STRRice for Africa and South Asia or STRASA.

«Under the past phases of the project, 16 climate - smart rice varieties tolerant of flood, drought, and salinity were released in various countries in South Asia; about 14 such varieties were released in sub-Saharan Africa.

The group of rice (the aus - type) that Kasalath is part of is also the source of the submergence tolerance gene, which IRRI has used to breed submergence - tolerant (Sub1) rice varieties that are being widely adopted across Asia.

The objective of this collaboration with ACI is to facilitate higher rice yields, better quality, climate - change — tolerant varieties, and improved sustainability of rice production in Bangladesh.»

IRRI is developing better rice varieties that can tolerate flooding, drought, and salinity through the Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) projrice varieties that can tolerate flooding, drought, and salinity through the Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) projRice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) project.

Research in Jakenan, Central Java found three drought - tolerant potential rice varieties from IRRI with high - yield potential that are suitable for the second crop — IR68833, IR68836, and S3376e.

It aims to develop and deliver rice varieties tolerant of abiotic stresses, such as drought, submergence, salinity, and iron toxicity

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This, after seeing a rice variety, PSB Rc18 - sub1 (a flood tolerant rice developed at IRRI), tested in 2009, now planted on a 100 - ha rice farm in Bohol.

IRRI is developing new rice varieties for India that are tolerant of drought, flooding, salinity, and other stresses.

IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing, for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant varieties of staple crops such as wheat and rice.

African (O. glaberrima) strains will be used to developed stress - tolerant cultivars and develop new interspecific varieties containing greater and more targeted parts of the African rice genome.

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.

IRRI is developing new rice varieties for India that are tolerant of drought, flooding, salinity, and other stresses.

These resources comprise a «rice diversity research platform» that is widely used the international rice research community to understand the genetic basis of complex traits, to investigate molecular mechanisms involved in key forms of stress tolerance, and to efficiently utilize natural variation to breed highly productive rice varieties for the future that are more nutritious, resource - use efficient, and stress tolerant than those we currently grow.

Dr Venuprasad gratefully acknowledges that partnership with national agricultural systems such as NCRI and NRMC and with international institutes, such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), has been a key factor in the development of the flood - tolerant varieties for Nigeria.

The report says that draining rice paddies in mid-season and using different fertilizers can reduce methane emissions, while switching to more heat - tolerant varieties of rice can offset crop yield declines.