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Increasing prices of fertilizers and pesticides slow down rice production in Cambodia

Despite ample rainfall, some Cambodian farmers in Oddar Meanchey Province have not been able to plant rice due to the high price of fertilizer and pesticides. The prices of commonly used fertilizer and herbicides had significantly increased in the past two years causing heavy losses to farmers, according...

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Artificial intelligence-based system could help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

Researchers led by the University of Minnesota have significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions...

Flash flood destroys 4000 hectares of crops in Bangladesh

A flash flood affecting 4,000 hectares of farmland in Sunamganj and Netrakona haor areas in Bangaldesh caused almost USD 6 million in crop losses, according...

Hybrid rice set to increase Kenya’s grain production

A new high-yielding, early-maturing, and disease-resistant hybrid rice variety is expected to increase Kenya’s production by almost double per acre. The...

Many agriculture graduates in India prefer non-farm jobs

Around 30% of graduates from agricultural universities pursue careers outside the agricultural sector. The brain drain has adversely impacted the...

Ph agri secretary calls on ASEAN members to consider rice-based food systems

Philippine Agriculture Deaprtment Secretary William Dar urged ASEAN member countries to look at rice-based food systems to help mitigate scarcity...

Vietnamese farmers in Mekong Delta to use rice-based cropping in unproductive rice land

Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau plans to convert almost 2,000 hectares of unproductive rice fields to grow rice, aquaculture, or perennial...

China to use “seawater rice” to ensure food security

Chinese scientists have developed salt-tolerant rice variety dubbed as “seawater rice” which can be cultivated in salty soils near the sea. The new...

Kellogg invests USD 2M to help Mississippi rice farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions

Cereal company Kellogg is spending USD 2 million to help farmers in the Lower Mississippi River Basin reduce their methane emissions through its InGrained...

Farm-to-market roads to benefit heirloom rice farmers in the Philippines

Two farm-to-market road projects of the Philippine Department of Agriculture in Ifugao Province is expected to benefit over 5,000 farmers and revive heirloom...

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