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Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: Case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India

Laser land leveling strongly complements sustainable rice production practices as it can help increase water, seed, and fertilizer use efficiency by at least 12, 27, and 10%, respectively. Already widely adopted in developed countries and recently in India and China, it is still not significantly adopted...

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Weed management in dry direct-seeded rice: A review on challenges and opportunities for sustainable rice production

Dry direct-seeded rice (DDSR) offers several advantages: rapid planting, easy mechanization, less labor and water requirement, and early maturity with...

Compatibility of insecticides with rice resistance to planthoppers as influenced by timing and frequency of applications

Planthopper outbreaks are associated with insecticide use and researchers have looked for alternative methods to manage these pests. Because of the vagaries...

Profit efficiency of smallholder vegetable farms in Nepal: Implications for improving household income

Vegetable farming is an important sub-sector to increase income, reduce poverty, and improve nutrition, particularly in the developing countries. Although...

Farmers’ participatory evaluation of alternate wetting and drying irrigation method on greenhouse gas emission, water productivity, and paddy yield in Bangladesh

Due to Bangladesh’s frequent water shortages, sufficient water to irrigate rice fields is increasingly scarce. Additionally, due to global warming,...

Carbon Footprint Calculator customized for rice products: Concept and characterization of rice value chains in Southeast Asia

The ability to quantify GHG emissions along the entire value chain from farm to shelf for a specific product is the key to enhancing the transparency of...

Integrated weed management in transplanted rice: Options for addressing labor constraints and improving farmers’ income in Bangladesh

Weeds are among the main biological constraints to realizing attainable rice yield potential and significantly reducing profitability. In Bangladesh, the...

Factors contributing to farm-level productivity and household income generation in coastal Bangladesh’s rice-based farming systems

The findings highlight the importance of off-farm income as a pathway to move smallholders out of poverty. Assessing the relative proportion of income...

From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia

In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project has delivered six released varieties that are resistant to some of the major...

Organic amendments boost soil fertility and rice productivity and reduce methane emissions from paddy fields under sub-tropical conditions

Commercial-oriented farming practices have seriously deteriorated soil health along with contributing to environmental pollution. This study suggested...

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