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Mid-infrared spectroscopy: An effective tool to enhance the Soil Health Card scheme in India

Periodically assessing the soil’s health is very important to show the effect of current agricultural practices on the soil and maintain soil nutrients at optimum levels using new management practices.  Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy provides an alternative highly effective method for rapidly and cost-effectively...

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Mechanized seeding provides farmers with groundbreaking improvements in productivity, profits, and livelihoods

Bikram Palatasingh. a smallholder farmer in Puri District, took more than 20 years to be able to buy agricultural machines. But, without any formal training...

Deep sowing of dry direct-seeded rice: cultivar differences in seedling establishment and grain yield

In Asia, rapid economic growth has also caused a shift of labor from agriculture to other industries, and the increase in farm labor demand has increased...

Ecological engineering: An effective package for transitioning from conventional to regenerative agriculture

Ecological engineering is a novel approach to pest management that considers cultural practices rooted in environmental knowledge and nature-based solutions....

Effects of irrigation regimes and rice varieties on methane emissions and yield of dry-season rice in Bangladesh

The role of rice in global food security is unavoidable as it is one of the three most essential food crops globally, after wheat and maize. In Bangladesh,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Adoption and performance of direct-seeded rice technology in the Philippines

Rice is one of the major food cash crops in the Philippines, yet the cost of producing it in the country remains higher than the other top rice-producing...

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