crop management

Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The pivotal role of seed systems in rice-based landscapes

Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The pivotal role of seed systems in rice-based landscapes

February 14, 2023

by Reiner Wassmann, Julian Gonsalves, Peter Sprang, Bui Tan Yen, Jerome Villanueva, Phalida Nelakhom, and Bernard Okumu...

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Unpacking the processes that catalyzed the adoption of best management practices for lowland irrigated rice in the Mekong Delta

Unpacking the processes that catalyzed the adoption of best management practices for lowland irrigated rice in the Mekong Delta

October 19, 2021

This review examines the development and subsequent wide-scale adoption of best management practices known as 1 Must...

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An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains

An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains

July 9, 2021

Most of the studies in EIGP were conducted on zero-tillage based on a single crop in rice-wheat...

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Resource-conservation technology for sustainable productivity of intensive rice-based cropping pattern in Bangladesh

Resource-conservation technology for sustainable productivity of intensive rice-based cropping pattern in Bangladesh

May 25, 2021

Resource-conserving technology is a novel crop management approach for intensive rice-based cropping systems in Bangladesh. The study...

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Crop diversification in rice-based systems in the polders of Bangladesh: Yield stability, profitability, and associated risk

Crop diversification in rice-based systems in the polders of Bangladesh: Yield stability, profitability, and associated risk

March 1, 2021 2

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Therefore, finding a resilient...

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Researchers use drones to study nutrient status, greenhouse gas emissions of rice crop

Researchers use drones to study nutrient status, greenhouse gas emissions of rice crop

March 19, 2017 3

Drones have been circling the experimental farms of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) not just to...

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Scientists from Asia and Africa attend rice crop simulation training

Scientists from Asia and Africa attend rice crop simulation training

April 15, 2015

Twenty-one scientists from Japan, South Korea, Benin, India, and the International...

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Managing pests with nature

Managing pests with nature

January 9, 2012

Pests should be critically reassessed and proven guilty before insecticide use is contemplated. This was my conclusion...

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The seed keepers’ treasure

The seed keepers’ treasure

September 21, 2010

For thousands of years, the  indigenous tribes of the mountainous Cordillera region in the northern part of...

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Precision agriculture for small-scale farmers

Precision agriculture for small-scale farmers

July 1, 2010

Crop management has no such thing as a one-practice-fits-all solution. In fact, awareness is increasing throughout the...

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