Tag Archives: farming

Generating relevant and useful research solutions to agricultural problems is only halfway to improving farm productivity and sustainability, and helping...

A farmer group discusses the rice-cutting method. (Photo: Yothin Konboon) If performed correctly, the practice of planting rice by broadcasting rice...

High school students at the Binulasan Integrated School in Quezon, Philippines, are all smiles during a hands-on exercise on pest management in their...

  Flooded rice fields, like this one at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, release significant amounts of the greenhouse...

Nitrogen (N) is without doubt the nutrient that most limits rice production. It is typically required in greater quantities than any other nutrient if...

Farmers inspect a seed drill at a Central Soil Salinity Research Institute field day in October 2005 at the institute headquarters in Karnal, Haryana....

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...

A PLASTIC DRUM SEEDER holds six or eight perforated cylindrical drums housing pregerminated seeds that are dropped in rows as the seeder is easily pushed...

(Photo: Guy Trébuil) Imagine, for a moment, that you are a Bhutanese farmer. Farming has been in your family for generations. You manage your farm now...