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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 rice production in several towns. The completion of the projects is seen as a solution to the farmers’ limited access to markets and could reinvigorate...

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Singapore harvests its first batch of rice grown in a vertical farm

Singapore harvested the first crop of Temasek rice, a hardy and climate-resistant rice variety, grown in pilot vertical farm. The variety was developed...

Hybrid rice areas in Bangladesh almost doubled in five years

Land areas under hybrid rice cultivation, especially in Boro season, almost doubled in the past five years, according to the Bangladesh Department of Agriculture...

CGIAR centers IRRI and WorldFish win Global Food Systems Challenge

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced the winners of its first-ever Seeding the Future Global Food...

Vietnamese farmers using rice-shrimp model enjoy a bumper crop

Farmers in the Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam’s biggest exporter of shrimp and prawns, are enjoying a good rice harvest on shrimp farming land. One farmer...

Nigeria approves bill to form the National Rice Development Council

The Nigerian Senate passed a bill seeking to establish the National Rice Development Council. The council is expected to lead to the comprehensive development...

Philippne agriculture department project promotes clustered hybrid rice farms

The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a project that will establish clustered hybrid rice farms in different parts of country to showcase...

Vietnam pilots rice pest identification app in An Giang

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department and the An Giang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...

Pakistan Agriculture Research Council to introduce rice varieties to enhance farm income

Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) will release four new long- and extra long- grain rice varieties aimed at increasing productivity and income...

Bangladesh Agri Minister calls for implementation of good agricultural practices policy

Bangladesh Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque urged the quick implenation of good agricultural practices (GAP) policy to increase the export...

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