Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from irrigated rice cultivation through improved fertilizer and water management
Old school adaptation
Rice domestication
Assessing the potential of a Trichoderma‑based compost activator to hasten the decomposition of incorporated rice straw
Carbon Footprint Calculator customized for rice products: Concept and characterization of rice value chains in Southeast Asia
Integrated weed management in transplanted rice: Options for addressing labor constraints and improving farmers’ income in Bangladesh
Annually, Bangladesh consumes about 2.9 million metric tons of urea and about 60% of this is used in rice cultivation. Therefore, this could contribute to increase atmospheric pollution due to increased CH4 and N2O emissions. Increasing nitrogen-use efficiency by adopting urea deep placement (UDP) could reduce...
The Weather-rice-nutrient integrated decision support system (WeRise) is a web-based application that uses a seasonal climate prediction model and crop growth simulation model to improve livelihoods and productivity in rainfed rice areas. It provides advisories on the optimum sowing and fertilizer application timings using suitable varieties three months before the cropping season. This paper aimed...
“As a technical leader, IRRI needs to promote the contribution of social sciences to ensure farmer perceptions are contributing to prioritizing R&D efforts . India and the rest of Asia need to focus on working better with farmers to promote land aggregation and encourage the adoption of technological advances and mechanization.” ...
Malnutrition is linked with heavy dependence on monotonous cereal staples without much dietary diversification or nutrient supplementation. Even though significant efforts have been made over the last six decades to improve production and productivity in most food crops, it lacked associated nutritional improvement. Biofortification of cereals with elevated levels of essential micronutrients, vitamins,...
Crop calendars report the timing of key agricultural activities and crop development. At their most detailed, crop calendars can support the planning of many farm activities, from land preparation, planting, crop, soil, and water management through the growing season, harvesting, storage, and fallow. In this study, we present a method to automatically generate a spatial rice crop calendar covering...
