Monthly Archives: October 2020

The use of drones for monitoring crops, sowing seeds, and applying fertilizer is expanding in China faster than in any other country. XAG, a Guangzhou-based...

Farmers in Kalungu, Uganda are benefiting from the training on modern planting, weeding, and harvesting techniques provided by a rice farm owned by China-based...

In 1984, as we approach our 25th anniversary, it is important that we evaluate past achievements and look forward to the new directions the current global...

A study by researchers at Texas-based Rice University showed that biochar can reduce the need for irrigation, especially for regions with sandy soils. The...

Adapting proper technologies and equipment will enable the agriculture sector to survive the pandemic, the secretary of the Philippine Department of Agriculture...

The Qingdao Saline-alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center launched a program for cultivating rice in saline-alkali soil. Saline-alkali soil...

For plant geneticist Luke Young and biologist Rory Hornby, the solution to the world’s food security is an audacious concept: sea farming or ocean agriculture...

Korea’s rice production could drop by as much as 40.1% at the end of this century if the temperature keeps surging due to climate change, according...

The Conference on Women in Rice Farming Systems was one of the several seminars, workshops, and conferences IRRI sponsored during 1983. The conference...

About 65% of rice farmers said they want their children to stay away from rice farming while only a third (35%) wanted their children to go into it, according...