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The acceptability of locally adapted japonica rice variety in the Philippine market: A product market test approach

With the growing demand for japonica rice in the Philippines, imports fill out the gap. With the opportunities seen, efforts to adapt popular foreign rice varieties to the Philippine setting were considered a sound investment. Though economies of scale may not be achieved, a shorter value chain and the price...

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Reduced-tillage potato cultivation as a sustainable organic farming practice

In India, potato is the most important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. Reduced-tillage potato cultivation is a sustainable and effective technique...

Malho Marndi: A changemaker and a rising hope for mechanized direct-seeded rice in Odisha

Malho Marndi proudly recounts her journey as she returned to her village in Odisha, India to engage in farming and became a progressive farmer in her area....

Promising management strategies to improve crop sustainability and to amend soil salinity

The FAO estimated that over 6% of the world’s land area and about 20% of irrigated croplands are affected by salinity. Strategic and adaptive research...

The 6th International Rice Congress

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Sparrows and their role in predator-prey interaction in rice ecology

World Sparrow Day (20 March) celebrates one of the most abundant birds in the world that was once considered a menace to agriculture. However, house sparrows...

Diversifying rice-based cropping systems under natural farming in Uttar Pradesh with peppermint

Farmers in the Barabanki Region of Uttar Pradesh started cultivating peppermint to improve their profits. Peppermint is a short-term cash crop that fits...

Promoting agri-food systems resilience through ICT in developing countries amid COVID-19

Agri-food systems in developing countries encountered serious disruptions in certain sectors due to labor market shocks and trade constraints during the...

Rice demand and production projections for 2050: Opportunities for achieving self-sufficiency in Nepal

The present trends of demand and supply of rice, in general, revealed that it would be difficult to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production in Nepal...

Improving the sustainability of rice cultivation in Central Thailand with biofertilizers and laser land leveling

In the study, the performance of a modified Cost Reduction Operating Principles (CROP) complemented with the use of a mechanized drum seeder and laser...

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