Farmer-led popularization and dissemination of new rice varieties in Telangana help close the seed gap Farmer-led popularization and dissemination of new rice varieties in Telangana help close the seed gap September 18, 2023 by Mosharaf Hossain, Swati Nayak, Divya Gupta, Raja Sekhar G, Sarvesh Shukla, Anirban Nath, and Varsha Singh...Read More
Variety-based climate-smart intervention helps smallholder farmers cope with floods in the lowlands of Odisha Variety-based climate-smart intervention helps smallholder farmers cope with floods in the lowlands of Odisha September 5, 2023 by Mosharaf Hossain, Swati Nayak, Girija Swain, Pavan Yeggina, and Mukund Variar Natural calamities, primarily floods, of...Read More
How improved cultivation and groundnut variety helped a farmer build his future from the ground up How improved cultivation and groundnut variety helped a farmer build his future from the ground up January 9, 2023 by Bidhan K. Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, Iftikar Wasim and N.C Banik Shri Ganesh Kandi has not cultivated...Read More
Improved cultivation and green gram varieties change a farmer’s story from struggle to success Improved cultivation and green gram varieties change a farmer’s story from struggle to success December 7, 2022 by Bidhan K. Mohapatra, Ashok Kumar, Virender Kumar, and Prakashan C. Veettil The story of Lingaraja Ratha...Read More
Climate risk and planting patterns: An examination of the direct and indirect effects of changing precipitation on the behavior of Bangladeshi farmers Climate risk and planting patterns: An examination of the direct and indirect effects of changing precipitation on the behavior of Bangladeshi farmers August 17, 2021 The interplay between changing environmental experiences and preferences implies that as weather patterns continue to evolve and...Read More
Flag leaf findings could accelerate the breeding of high-yielding, water-efficient rice Flag leaf findings could accelerate the breeding of high-yielding, water-efficient rice January 27, 2021 As breeders continue to search for ways to improve crop varieties to enable farmers to sustainably produce...Read More
The importance of maintenance breeding: A case study of the first miracle rice variety-IR8 The importance of maintenance breeding: A case study of the first miracle rice variety-IR8 November 28, 2020 The 2010 study examined the decreasing grain yield of IR8, which was the first modern rice variety...Read More
Sustainable rice production project wraps up nearly a decade of high-impact research-for-development activities Sustainable rice production project wraps up nearly a decade of high-impact research-for-development activities November 11, 2020 Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) tackled many serious challenges to agriculture...Read More
Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies September 23, 2020 A recent study concluded that incentivizing farmers in general—and female farmers in particular—can serve as a potential...Read More