Author Archives: Savitri Mohapatra

Rice lost to parasitic weeds would be enough to feed 4.5 million people a year. ...

Rice farmers attend a field day on mechanization and improved pulse cultivation in Belagan Village in Balasore. The Department of Agriculture (DoA) of...

Taken by R. Raman© from the Africa Rice Center, the photo is the first runner-up in A rice farmer’s life. ...

The 2007-08 rice price spike seems like a distant dream now considering the calmness in the rice market in the past few years despite El Niño and other...

Women farmers watch a video presentation on sustainable intensification at the CSISA booth. (Photo: CSISA) BHUBANESWAR, India— More than 10,000 people,...

Information has the power to help policymakers make better decisions. ...

A recent technology is giving rice scientists a new weapon for fighting the notorious brown planthoppers: a combination of genes ...

ODISHA, India—India’s Department of Agriculture (DoA) conducted training on Integrated Weed Management (IWM) for 25 input dealers to make them effective...

Senegal’s quiet rice revolution The “crown jewels” of Chile Water management is key ...

DoA and CSISA organize a field day in Rising Village in Puri to demonstrate seed-cum-fertilizer drill and best management practices for pulses. ODISHA,...