Sentences with phrase «yielding rice varieties»

«While IRRI has historically helped India to meet its overall food security needs through the green revolution high - yielding rice varieties such as IR8, the challenge now is to deliver increased livelihoods for farmers through increasing the value of rice, and increasing the well - being of farmers and consumers through enhanced nutrition outcomes.

Since 1966, three consecutive crops of high - yielding rice varieties have been grown annually during most years.

In 1960, IRRI was established with one pressing mission: to develop high - yielding rice varieties.

IR8 and the subsequent high - yielding rice varieties not only pulled Asia back from famine, but contributed immensely to the emergence of «tiger» economies among rice - producing countries in the region.

Since then, 77 high - yielding rice varieties have been released as a result of rice breeding collaboration, including many that are currently grown by farmers for the domestic market and some that are grown for export.

Through IRRI and Vietnam partnerships, Vietnamese farmers are now able to maximize the full potential of the high - yielding rice varieties being grown in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.

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 varieties.

NEW DELHI, INDIA — 21 November 2016 — Today, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) celebrated the golden anniversary of the international release of IR8 - the world's first high - yielding rice variety.

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — November 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of IR8; the world's first high - yielding rice variety and the first rice variety released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

The success of the partnership between India and IRRI began with the introduction of the high - yielding rice variety IR8, dubbed miracle rice.

Most of the high - yield rice varieties grown today can't cope with being completely submerged.

IR8, the first rice variety released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the world's first high - yielding rice variety, sparked the Green Revolution in Asia.

IRRI - India's success began with the introduction of high - yielding rice variety IR8 dubbed «miracle rice,» which helped save India from a massive famine in the 1960s.

Not exact matches

Research institutions successfully developed new varieties of rice and wheat which were capable of much higher yields per acre than any of the then - known varieties.

Recipe and photo by Emma Frisch Prep Time: 2 minutes Cook time: Romanesco: ~ 15 minutes Basmati: depending on variety and brand — 20 - 45 minutes Yield: 2 Ingredients: Basmati rice (white or brown)-- 1 cup Olive oil — 2 tablespoons Lemon juice — 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice Garlic — 3 - 4 minced Sea salt ---LSB-...]

To yield about 4 cups white rice, I use 1.5 cups uncooked rice and 2.5 cups water, but this may vary depending on your rice variety, so be sure to check the package.

A research finding in January 2017 reveal that Golden Rice hybrid with Swarna variety resulted to phenotyphic abnormalities, stunted growth and low yield, virtually adulterating the metabolic and genetic traits of the variety.

«From Masagana 99 and high - yielding varieties in the 1960s, to Masagana 6000 and Golden Rice today, it seems nothing has changed,» said Antonio Flores, a farmer from Mindanao and secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

Moreover, as the Philippines was an early adopter of the first modern rice varieties developed by IRRI in the 1960s, it had already enjoyed major increases in rice yields before 1985.

With new tools to breed healthier rice, including Golden Rice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritirice, including Golden Rice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritiRice, our challenge is to develop varieties that are hardy, high - yielding, and nutritious.

Farmers and consumers benefit from rice genetic research because it leads to new rice varieties that have higher yield, higher quality, and are more resistant to pests, diseases, and the effects of climate change.

More hybrid rice varieties are now becoming available that allow farmers to significantly raise rice yields and thus overall rice productivity and profitability.

Of the 8 IRRI - bred varieties, 4 are high - yielding lines from the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice.

Further, even at the vegetative growth stage, heat stress can cause leaf yellowing and accelerated development, leading to low yield potential in sensitive rice varieties.

This research on Golden Rice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impaRice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impaRice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental imparice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impacts.

Whenever susceptible rice varieties are grown in environments that favor bacterial blight, very high yield losses, as much as over 70 %, may be caused by bacterial blight.

Blast caused great yield loss on traditional glutinous rice varieties and farmers were spraying fungicides for up to seven times.

Tanzanian farmers can now boost rice production with the release of two new high - yielding varieties.

We use new approaches for increasing yield potential, such as marker - assisted breeding to develop the next generation of rice varieties suited for irrigated environments in Asia.

One popular rice variety currently being developed by PhilRice to have a Golden Rice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice varirice variety currently being developed by PhilRice to have a Golden Rice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice variRice counterpart is PSB Rc82 (Peñaranda), a popular, high - yielding, and widely grown rice varirice variety.

Breeders at the Philippine Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualitRice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualitRice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualitRice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualitRice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualitrice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualities.

It should be noted that IRRI's high - yielding varieties and farming technologies have enabled increases in production per land area for farmers and made rice generally more affordable for consumers.

Although high - yielding varieties are grown in these areas, continual progress is necessary to incorporate disease and insect resistance and improved grain quality into rice varieties.

In the region's lowland paddies, hybrid and high - yielding inbred rice varieties for the spring season, and inbred short - duration summer paddy varieties have been identified.

IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related to higher yield potential — such as large panicles, large leaves, a vigorous root system, and thick stems — in several Indonesian tropical japonica rice varieties.

For Golden Rice, the research is still ongoing so that it will have comparable yield as local high - yielding varieties.

Breeders at IRRI are now using SPIKE to boost the yield potential of leading local rice varieties.

Dr. Abdullah also noted that a number of Indonesian rice varieties have been sent to IRRI to breed high - yielding varieties, for example, one of the parents of «miracle rice» — also called IR8 and renowned for its superior yields that helped avert famine in the 1960s — was an Indonesian rice variety called Peta.

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.

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.

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.»

The center will house a modern and sophisticated research facility that aims to develop higher - yielding and more nutritious rice varieties that also meet the eating preferences of consumers.

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.

As with other hybrid plants and animals, hybrid rice has both greater vigor and higher yield than either parent variety — this is commonly called «hybrid vigor».

C4 rice could yield up to 50 % more grain than currently possible from existing rice varieties.

IRRI and Indonesia's partnership covers breeding rice varieties with high yield potential, grain quality, and resistance to pests.

«It is our vision for Burundi to become a leading regional hub for excellent, high yielding, rice varieties that also have good grain quality.»

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Although the first generation of hybrid rice varieties released had higher yields, they also tended to have inferior grain quality and inadequate disease and insect resistance.

Some example of these varieties are IR42, IR36, and IR8 which dramatically increased rice's yield potential, ushering in an exciting new era in Asian food security and rural development.