Tag Archives: drought

(Photo: Lanie Reyes) Shortly before this issue of Rice Today went to press, the agricultural world celebrated, on 25 March, the 100th birth anniversary...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). The International...

Recent advances in remote sensing are quite exciting. A case in point is the availability of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors on...

People often argue passionately for or against genetically modified (GM) crops. Rice Today’s aim here is not to take sides in a debate that has often...

Rain clouds cluster over a rice valley on 3 June 2010, which is unusual in California during this time of the year. In as much as the recent rains in...

As long as there’s enough water to grow rice, Australia’s highly efficient rice industry achieves some of the highest yields in the world. (Photos:...

Drought brings to mind negative images of wide expanses of dry and parched lands. It is often associated with abject poverty, distraught farmers, hungry...

It takes, on average, 2,500 liters of water (by rainfall or irrigation) to produce just 1 kilogram of rice using traditional cultivation methods. Considering...

A lack of rain in the northern Philippines in July and August 2007 meant that many farmers’ rice fields—such as these in Isabela Province—remained...

Drought is a major constraint to rice production in Asia, where at least 20% of the total rice area is drought prone. When rice is grown under rainfed...