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DA holds farm technology demo in Madrid town
MADRID, Surigao del Sur -- To increase the participation of local farmers on rice varieties, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga through the Research Division conducted a field day on...
3 CL provinces to get inbred rice seeds
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO ---The three rice producing provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija and Zambales in Central Luzon will receive a total of 246,000 bags of certified inbred seeds from the Department of...
246K bags of inbred rice seeds allotted for 3 C. Luzon provinces
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) has allotted some 246,000 bags of certified inbred seeds for distribution to rice...
Showcase of suitable rice varieties in SurSur OneRicePH Techno Demo
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga continues to showcase the benefits of using recommended rice varieties and modern farm technologies in selected areas in the region through the OneRicePH...
Philippine rice farmers share positive experiences with Green Super Rice varieties in self-made YouTube videos
From 2020-2022, popular video-sharing website Youtube has seen a surge of rice farmers in the Philippines sharing their personal experiences with Green Super Rice (GSR). These farmer-made videos,...
Demand surge leads to ‘short supply’ of CM-advised PR 126 | The Times of India
Bathinda: The recommendation of chief minister has skyrocketed the demand for PR Punjab Rice 126 variety of paddy to a level where complaints of its short supply and black marketing are coming in....
Short-duration paddy variety PR-126 in high demand, being sold at a premium | Hindustan Times
As the state government announced financial assistance of ₹1,500 per acre to each of the farmers sowing paddy through the direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique, the PR-126 seed, the most famous...
President’s Farm feature newly released and high yielding rice varieties
Twelve (12) newly released and high yielding rice varieties are featured in the one-hectare President’s Farm of the University this 2021 wet cropping season. The transplanting was led by the...
BRRI dhan75 will open new horizons of potential in the north
As BRRI dhan75 is a potential early and short-duration variety of Aman, it will open new doors of possibilities for early cultivation of potato, mustard, maize, wheat and other rabi crops across the...
BRRI dhan75 shows hope of early cultivation of robi crops
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is going to introduce the BRRI dhan75, which is a short-duration and early maturity variety of Aman rice, in the market. Read more
The Green Super Rice Project Reduces Poverty | The Borgen Project
With funding from the Chinese government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Green Super Rice (GSR) project centers around a central resource supporting the lives of many people around...
Untapped rice varieties could sustain crop supplies in face of climate change | Science Daily
Local rice varieties in Vietnam could be used to help breed improved crops with higher resilience to climate change, according to a new study published in Rice. Read more
Philippine rice farmers receive 46k bags of two IRRI-developed inbreds from government program | IRRI News
The Philippine Department of Agriculture and PhilRice recently distributed a total of 46,800 bags of high-yielding and stress-tolerant IRRI-developed rice seeds to farmers in the agricultural hubs...
Green Super Rice variety surpasses 4.4 ton max yield, nets 8.3 tons/hectare in PhilRice field day | IRRI news
In a Facebook post dated 03 October 2020 by the official FB account of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) of the Philippine Department of Agriculture, a variety of Green Super Rice...
The Grass That Feeds Filipinos | Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards
Unknown to most Filipino plant pathologist Dr. Benito Vergara contributed significantly on rice research, particularly on studies on deep water rice, flood-tolerant rice, and cold-resistant rice,...
Nigerian farmers get drought, flood tolerant rice developed by AfricaRice, NCRI, others | Nigerian Tribune
THE Nigerian rice farmers will experience more boost in rice production, as the AfricaRice, Stress Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA), National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI),...
Opening the doors to food security through genomics | IRRI News
The development of Green Super Rice, a new breed of stable, climate-smart, high-yielding varieties, opens up the potential of understanding and using genomics of agroecosystems in responding to the...
The rice genome revolution: from an ancient grain to Green Super Rice | Nature
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IRRI, the Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation team up to develop rice varieties for a Greener Revolution | IRRI News
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) together with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) collaborates through funding and...
Seeds of change | RiceToday
With the right tools, ordinary people can be extraordinary agents of change. read more